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Encyclopedias in LIS
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
Innovations in Library and Information Science. (Free). (Wiki based).
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LIS Links > LIS Links Articles in LIS
Provides more than 100 articles on Library and Information Science related topics. The majority of the articles are complied by Badan Barman for Library and Information Science students.
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Lis Wiki
An Encyclopaedia in LIS. (Free). (Wiki based).
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General Encyclopedias
Bartleby.com > Reference > Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)
Online publication of the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition with over 51,000 entries. (Free).
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BBC: h2g2
An Encyclopaedia. (Free).
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BBC: hitchhikers
Hitchhikers guides to the galaxy. (Free).
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The Citizendium Project
The Scholarly Articles Written by subject experts on each and every topic of the universe. (Free). (Wiki based).
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Encyberpedia
Electronic encyclopedia with its own content as well as over 10,000 links to the best reference sites on the
Internet. (Free).
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Encyclopedia.com
Free resource offers more than 50,000 concise articles. (Free).
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Everything2
An extensively hyperlinked collection of facts, ideas, notes and humor to which anyone can add. (Free).
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Free Internet Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet. MacroReference contains references to large areas
of knowledge, FAQs where available, and pointers to relevant areas of the MicroReference. MicroReference contains short
bits of information and references to specific subjects. (Free).
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HighBeam™ Encyclopedia
(Free).
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How Stuff Works
Articles explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the human body to space-age
technology. (Free).
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Information Please
On-Line Internet encyclopedia. (Free).
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Informationsphere.com
Free online encyclopedia that allows users to submit their own articles for inclusion in its database. (Free).
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LoveToKnow :The 11th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Provides access to the 11th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (Free).
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Memory Alpha
A peer edited Star Trek encyclopedia. (Free). (Wiki Based).
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MSN Encarta®: Encyclopedia
Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia, Collier’s Encyclopedia and New Merit Scholar’s Encyclopedias. (Free).
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Nupedia (Previously: http://nupedia.8media.org/
Nupedia was a public peer-reviewed general encyclopedia created by volunteer scholars, with
resources for readers and contributors.It can be considered
to be Wikipedia's direct ancestor. (Free).
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Online Encyclopedia
Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition,
which is now in the public domain. All articles are searchable and alphabetized. (Free).
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Open Site
A volunteer-run open content encyclopedia. (Free).
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The Probert Encyclopaedia
Reference source with several hypertext linked entries covering a broad variety of subjects. (Free).
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Spartacus Educational
British online encyclopedia focuses on historical topics. Articles are geared toward students. (Free).
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Technomanifestos Network
Collaborative resource on the history of computing and the Internet (GNU Free Documentation
License), and the online companion to the book Technomanifestos. (Free).
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Wikinfo
User edited encyclopedia based on Wiki software. Contains articles, information on editing, and a list of
differences between this encyclopedia and Wikipedia. (Free). (Wiki based).
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Wikipedia
Free volunteer-edited encyclopedia with over 200,000 articles. One can obtain at least a rough and ready idea
on every topic! (Unless you don’t know how to evaluate website, please don’t use it or please use it with caution). (Free)
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wordIQ.com
An online encyclopedia with more than 400,000 pages of content. (Free).
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Encyclopedias in Other Subjects
ATID Jewish Encyclopedia
The Jewish Encyclopedia For Kids is made as an online educational site for children who are interested in
Jewish facts and history. (Free). (For Children).
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Bartleby.com > Reference > The Encyclopedia of World History
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns’s comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span
the millenia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. (Free).
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Bartleby.com > Reference > The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil
The 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a
literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy. (Free).
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The Book of Threes
Read and contribute on the both natural and unnatural occurrences or the number three. (Free).
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Children's Encyclopedia of Women
Collection of articles about famous women written by third and fourth grade students. (Free). (For Children).
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Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
The engineering, theoretical concepts, and organizations of the Internet. (Free).
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Creation-Evolution Encyclopedia
Over 700 printed pages of material discussing the controversy between creation and evolution. (Free).
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Cunnan
An encyclopedia for reenactors of the Middle Ages and Renaissance period with a heavy slant
towards members of the Society for Creative Anachronism. (Free). (Wiki Based).
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Cyclepedia: Motorcycle Information
Motorcycling information, repair manuals, technical data, and useful statistics organized by manufacturer.
Completely searchable and easy to use. (Free).
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dKosopedia
A collaborative project of the DailyKos community to build a political encyclopedia featuring
liberal points of view. (Free). (Wiki Based).
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Encyclopedia Mythica
Over 6,000 entries on mythology, folklore, and legend. Includes some images and stories. (Free).
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Encyclopedia of American Silver Marks
This site contains identification of marks of American Silver Manufacturers including Gorham, Tiffany, Towle,
Duhme, Wallace, Lunt, and Watson. All marks are clearly illustrated and include a short history of each
company. Links to other silver collecting sites are provided. (Free).
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Encyclopaedia of Land Surveying Links
Alphabetical list of links to land surveying, geodesy, GPS, GIS, and related fields most specific to the
Southern California Land Surveying Environment. (Free).
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Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Originally commissioned and peer reviewed articles across the life sciences. Online encyclopedia requires paid
subscription. Some contents are free.
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Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL)
A resource center for the study of the international Trotskyist movement. (Free).
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EngineersWorldwide.com
Worldwide directory for the design, engineering and construction industries. (Free).
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Instrument Encyclopedia
A guide to more than musical 140 instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and
descriptions. (Free).
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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Free online encyclopedia. Edited by James Fieser, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin. (Free).
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Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre
Thorough coverage of present and past theater news and productions. (Free).
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Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
Current knowledge of molecular and cellular biology in terms of the information pathways of interacting molecules
or genes and links from the gene catalogs produced by genome sequencing projects. (Free).
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MathWorld
Glossary of terms. Material ranges from undergraduate to research level. (Free).
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Musipedia
A collaborative music encyclopedia. Contains melodies and musical themes from classical,
popular, and folk music. Can be searched based on the melody alone, either by playing it on a
keyboard, whistling or singing, or by entering the melodic contour as Parsons Code. (Free).
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Natural Remedies Encyclopedia
Natural Remedies for over 500 diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases,
childhood diseases, with a special section on preventive health. (Free).
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Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia
Includes reference information such as height, location, first ascent data, photos, web links, summit log
entries for hundreds of mountains worldwide. (Free).
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PlanetMath
Collaborative, peer-reviewed mathematics encyclopedia with TeX input, inspired by MathWorld. (Free).
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Storm Encyclopedia
Covers the basics about severe storms with notable examples of Mother Nature's ill-tempered handiwork. (Free).
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Symbols.com
An encyclopedia of over 2500 symbols. Search by keywords/concepts or by graphical attributes. (Free).
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Tallship Fan
Encyclopedia of sailing ships online: data, photos, history, contact addresses and other information about
traditionally rigged sailing ships. (Free).
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Technology and 20th Century
Change In Warfare
(Free).
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Transformers On-Line Encyclopedia
Information on every major "continuity" for U.S., UK, and Japan Transformer cartoons and comics. Describes
people, places, groups. (Free).
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Virtualsources.com
Find information on every country in the world. There are massive amounts of statistics on everything from
population to a country's legal system. (Free).
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Directories of Encyclopedias
Access Place Library
Literature, authors, biographies, dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, maps, quotes, history, education,
government, military, legal, locator tools. (Free).
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Bartleby.com Reference
Reference site allows you to search over the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of World History,
fact books, thesauri, quotes, and more. (Free).
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Encyberpedia
Electronic encyclopedia with its own content as well as over 10,000 links to the best reference sites
on the Internet. (Free).
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Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Numerous definitions of Arabic life, customs, and places. Covers topics about northern Afica and the
Middle East. Includes maps and articles. (Free).
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LIS Links > Encyclopedias
It provides an exhaustive links to encyclopedias in Library and Information Science. The list is prepared by Badan Barman for Library and Information Science students.
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Living Encyclopedia in Cyberspace
Encyberpedia has information and links to most of the encyclopedias, and a large number of reference
materials and research centers. (Free).
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Search-22 - Reference Search Engines
Reference search page that links to encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, proverbs and
acronyms search engines. (Free).
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Online philosophy reference work, articles are authored and updated by experts in the field. Edited by
Edward Zalta. (Free).
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