• Source: List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge

This is a list of notable encyclopedias sorted by branch of knowledge. For the purposes of this list, an encyclopedia is defined as a "compendium that contains information on either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge." For other sorting standards, see List of encyclopedias.




General knowledge






= Catalan

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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana – Catalan-language encyclopedia, started in fascicles, and published in 1968 by Edicions 62




= Chinese

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Encyclopedia of China
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China – Chinese language encyclopedia completed in 1725 (10 million Chinese characters)
Yongle Encyclopedia – once contained 11,095 volumes and around 370 million Chinese characters but now contains less than 400 volumes




= Czech

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Riegrův slovník naučný – first Czech encyclopedia published in 1860–1874 with 11 volumes, supplement vol. in 1890, online)
Otto's encyclopedia – largest Czech-language encyclopedia published between 1888 and 1908 (28 vols) and 1930–1943 (12 vols, incomplete). Volumes 1–28 online
Příruční slovník naučný – first post-war encyclopedia. With strong communist ideology. Four volumes, 1962–1967.
Malá československá encklopedie – Small Czechoslovak encyclopedia, it was supposed to be forerunner to Great Czechoslovak encyclopedia that was never published, 6 volumes, 1984–1987.
Diderot (8 volumes, 1999–2000)
Universum (10 volumes, 1999–2001)
Czech Wikipedia (2002–)




= Danish

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Den Store Danske Encyklopædi




= Dutch

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Winkler Prins – published in print between 1870 and 1993 and made available digitally to the present day
Oosthoek – published between 1907 and 1981
Christelijke Encyclopedie – published between 1926 and 2005
Eerste Nederlandse Systematisch Ingerichte Encyclopaedie – published between 1946 and 1952
Standaard Encyclopedie – published between 1969 and 1974 by Standaard Uitgeverij Antwerpen
Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie – published between 1971 and 1979
Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie – published between 1974 and 1980




= English

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Academic American Encyclopedia – 21-volume work published in 1980, also issued by Grolier under the names Barnes & Noble New American Encyclopedia, Global International Encyclopedia, Grolier Academic Encyclopedia, Grolier International Encyclopedia, Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, and Macmillan Family Encyclopedia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia – published in 1859 by W. Chambers and R. Chambers
The Children's Encyclopedia – by Arthur Mee, published 1908–64 in the UK and in the US starting in 1910 as Grolier's The Book of Knowledge
Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia – published by Dorling Kindersley
Collier's Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia – one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press last published in 2000
The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891)
Compton's Encyclopedia – 26-volume encyclopedia
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences – 1728 publication by Ephraim Chambers
Dobson's Encyclopædia – first encyclopedia printed in the United States, but mostly a reprint of the Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition
Edinburgh Encyclopædia – 18 volumes printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830
Encyclopædia Britannica – one of the best-known encyclopedias in English, online-only since 2010
Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite – DVD version of Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopædia Metropolitana – 39 volumes in 59 parts published between 1817 and 1845
Encyclopedia Americana – both a print work and currently a part of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
English Cyclopaedia – 23 volumes, published 1854–1862
English Encyclopaedia – 10 volumes, published in 1802
Everybody's Enquire Within – illustrated book of miscellaneous knowledge issued in weekly instalments from 1937 to 1938
Everyman's Encyclopaedia – published by Joseph Dent from 1913 as part of the Everyman's Library
Everything2 – collaborative Web-based database of interlinked user-submitted articles
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia – first published in 1912; changed its name to Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia in 1931
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia – electronic encyclopedia published by Grolier
Groliers Encyclopedia
Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia – edited by John Alexander Hammerton and published 1921–22
Hutchinson Encyclopedia – single-volume work first published in 1948
New American Cyclopedia – 16 volumes published between 1857 and 1866
Nupedia – peer reviewed, open content online encyclopedia project, currently inactive
Open Site – effort inspired by, but not officially affiliated with, the Open Directory Project
Oracle Encyclopædia – five-volume encyclopedia published in 1895
An Outline of Modern Knowledge – published in 1931 by Victor Gollancz
Pears Cyclopaedia – one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom
Probert Encyclopaedia – online topical encyclopedia consisting of almost 100,000 short entries, published by Mathew Probert and based in the United Kingdom
World Book Encyclopedia – designed for family use; the world's best selling print encyclopedia




= French

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Découvertes Gallimard – illustrated encyclopaedia in pocket format, 588 volumes plus 150⁺ volumes of spin-offs, published 1986–present
Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers – contributed by the Encyclopédistes, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, published 1751–1772




= German

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Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste – very large, unfinished 19th-century encyclopaedia by Ersch and Gruber in 167 volumes
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie – best-known encyclopedia in German, online-only since 2014
Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon – huge 18th-century encyclopedia by Johann Heinrich Zedler
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
Oeconomische Encyclopädie – Started by Johann Georg Krünitz in 1773 and finished 1858 in 242 volumes




= Italian

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Treccani – also known as Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti




= Latin

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Lexicon Universale – published in 1698




= Persian

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The Book of Healing – 30-volume Persian-language encyclopedia published by Avicenna (Persian: ابن سینا) in 1027 (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء Kitāb al-Šifāʾ, Latin: Sufficientia)
The Persian Encyclopedia (Persian: دایرةالمعارف فارسی) – three-volume encyclopedia edited by Gholamhossein Mosahab, partially based on the early editions of the Columbia Encyclopedia




= Polish

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Nowe Ateny – published in 1745–1746
Universal Encyclopedia – 1859, 28 volumes, Orgelbrand
Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN – 1962–1970, 13 volumes, PWN
Wielka Encyklopedia PWN – 2001–2005, 31 volumes, PWN




= Portuguese

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Infopédia – since 2003
Barsa – since 1964
Diciopédia – 1997–2009
Enciclopédia Verbo Luso-Brasileira de Cultura – Edição Século XXI (Verbo Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædia of Culture – 21st-Century Edition) – 1998–2009
Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira (Grand Portuguese and Brazilian Encyclopædia) – 1936–1999
Grande Enciclopédia Larousse Cultural (Grand Cultural Encyclopædia Larousse) – 1998
Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cultura (Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædia of Culture) – 1963–1995
Lello Universal – Dicionário Enciclopédico Luso-Brasileiro (Lello Universal – Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædic Dictionary)
Conhecer (To Know) – 1966–1981, adapted from Knowledge
Enciclopédia Mirador Internacional (International Mirador Encyclopædia) – 1976
Enciclopédia Infantil Verbo ( Verbo Children's Encyclopædia) – 1976
Grande Enciclopédia Delta Larousse (Delta Larousse Grand Emcyclopædia) – 1970, adapted from the Grand Larousse encyclopédique
Focus – Enciclopédia Internacional (Focus – International Encyclopædia) – 1964
Enciclopédia Delta Larousse (Delta Larousse Encyclopædia) – 1960, adapted from the Encyclopédie Larousse méthodique
Trópico – Enciclopédia Ilustrada em Cores (Trópico – Colour Illustrated Encyclopædia) – 1957
Enciclopédia Brasileira Globo (Globo Brazilian Encyclopædia) – 1943
Tesouro da Juventude (Youth's Thesaurus) – 1920, adapted from The Children's Encyclopædia




= Russian

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Brockhaus and Efron – imperial encyclopedia in 86 volumes
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Большая Советская Энциклопедия) – second largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in Russian; there were three editions; the third edition of 1969–78 contains 30 volumes
Great Russian Encyclopedia – universal Russian encyclopedia, completed in 36 volumes (2004–2017)




= Slovak

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Slovenský náučný slovník. 3 volumes 1932. First general encyclopedia in Slovak language.
Pyramída. Published between 1971 and 1990 in journal form (224 issues).
Malá slovenská encyklopédia. 1 volume 1993
Encyclopaedia Beliana. 20 planned volumes, 1999–, 9 volumes published as of 2021
Všeobecný encyklopedický slovník. 2002, four volumes
Slovak Wikipedia. 2003–
Univerzum – všeobecná obrazová encyklopédia A – Ž. 1 volume, 2011




= Slovenian

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Enciklopedija Slovenije




= Spanish

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Enciclopedia Libre Universal (also known as Enciclopedia Libre) – project to create a Spanish encyclopedia using wiki software, released under the GFDL
Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana – largest encyclopedia of its time; also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe




= Swedish

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Nationalencyklopedin – encyclopedia in Swedish
Susning.nu – project to create a Swedish-language encyclopedia using wiki software; an anyone-can-edit encyclopedia until 2004; shut down in 2009




= Turkish

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Anabritannica – published in Turkey and based on the Britannica Micropædia




= Ukrainian

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Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Українська радянська енциклопедія) – encyclopedia in Ukrainian; its first edition was 17 volumes




= Multiple languages

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Microsoft Encarta – computer-based encyclopedia published by Microsoft, now discontinued
Wikipedia – world's largest free encyclopedia; a project to create a comprehensive encyclopedia using wiki software




Specialized encyclopedias






= National, regional, ethnic or cultural

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Australia

Australian Encyclopaedia (1925, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1996)



Austria

aeiou Encyclopedia (1996ff.)



Bangladesh

Banglapedia – 10 volumes published in 2003; bilingual; English and Bengali



Brazil

Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak – 2020
Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras – 2001
História Geral da Civilização Brasileira – 1960–2010
Saga - A Grande História do Brasil – 1981
Enciclopédia dos Municípios Piauienses – 1972
Grandes Personagens da Nossa História – 1969
Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros – 1957



Canada

The Canadian Encyclopedia (1985 and 1988)



Croatia

Hrvatska opća enciklopedija (started in 1999 – 7th vol. 2005 of 11)



Ethiopia

Encyclopaedia Aethiopica – basic reference work for Ethiopian and Eritrean studies



Germany

Deutsche Biographie (Biographical dictionary of Germans)



Iceland

Icelandic Encyclopedia A–Ö



Iran

Encyclopædia Iranica – on Iranian peoples and Persia
Encyclopaedia Islamica
Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music – published in Tehran, 2000
Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature – published by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in Persian in Tehran
Encyclopaedia of Shia



Italy

Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Biographical dictionary of Italians) – Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana



Malaysia

The Encyclopedia of Malaysia – published from 1998 to 2007



Morocco

Maelimat al-maghrib (Arabic: معلمة المغرب) – published between 1989 and 2006 totaling 27 volumes.



New Zealand

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–1908) – unofficial; most subjects paid to have their articles appear; online at the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (1966–) – official
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (2005–) – official, incorporating the full text of An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand



Poland

Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland) – 2005, 10 volumes



Portugal

Grande Dicionário Enciclopédico da Madeira (Grand Encyclopædic Dictionary of Madeira) – since 2016
Enciclopédia Açoriana (Azorean Encyclopædia) – since 2008
Elucidário Madeirense (Madeiran Glossary) – 1921–1940



Slovakia

Encyklopédia Slovenska. (Encyclopedia of Slovakia) 6 volumes, 1977–1982.



Slovenia

Enciklopedija Slovenije – published in 1987–2002



Sweden

Nordisk familjebok – encyclopedia in Swedish



Ukraine

Encyclopedia of Ukraine – English five-volume version of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies
Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine – online version of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine – multi-volume comprehensive encyclopedia about Ukraine from the 20th and 21st centuries



United Kingdom

The London Encyclopaedia – 1007-page reference of the city of London; pub. 1983



United States


Encyclopedia of Chicago
Encyclopedia of New Jersey
The Encyclopedia of New York City
Handbook of Texas



Yugoslavia

Enciklopedija Jugoslavije
Opća enciklopedija JLZ (1977–82)




= Field

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Art and architecture

Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World – in 3 volumes (1997)
Grove Dictionary of Art – in 34 volumes (1996)



Entertainment

Allgame – comprehensive online guide to computer and video games created by All Media Guide
Allmovie – comprehensive online guide to movies created by All Media Guide
Allmusic – comprehensive online guide to music created by All Media Guide
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia
The Motion Picture Guide



Environmental science

Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) – electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) – sponsored by UNESCO—an interdisciplinary encyclopedia, inspired by the sustainable development movement



Fashion and dress

Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion – edited by Joanne B. Eicher, 10 volumes



Fiction

The Rocklopedia Fakebandica – by T. Mike Childs, published in 2004
The Star Trek Encyclopedia
TV Tropes



History and biography

African American National Biography
Africana – The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience
American National Biography
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography – 19th-century American encyclopedia
Conspiracy Encyclopedia
An Encyclopedia of World History – single-volume work; First Edition, 1940; Sixth Edition, 2001
Encyklopedia Polski
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History
Grandes Personagens da Nossa História (Great Figures of our History) – Brazilian encyclopædia published in 1969
Grandes Personagens da História Universal (Great Figures of World History) – Brazilian encyclopædia published in 1970
Lexikon des Mittelalters – German encyclopedia of medieval history, published in 1980
Oxford Classical Dictionary – despite the name, a one-volume encyclopedia for antiquity



Law

American Jurisprudence
Corpus Juris Secundum
Halsbury's Laws of Australia
Halsbury's Laws of England
Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia
Encyclopedia of Law



= International and comparative law
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law



Library and Information Science

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences



Literature

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – first published in 1979 by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature
Literary Encyclopedia (Литературная энциклопедия) – 11 volumes, 1929–39 (incomplete; 12th volume draft later published)
The Literary Encyclopedia – online encyclopedia started in 2000
The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural – published in 1986; edited by Jack Sullivan
The Poets' Encyclopedia – edited by Michael Andre
Soviet Concise Literary Encyclopedia – Soviet-era encyclopedia of literature; 9 volumes published between 1962 and 1978
Cyrillo-Methodian Encyclopedia of the Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1985 to 2003.
Kindlers Literature Encyclopedia – German encyclopedia about world literature. Online-only since 2009.
Killy Literaturlexikon – German encyclopedia of German authors. Second edition in 12 volumes from 2008 to 2011.



Mathematics

CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics – second edition 2002, based on Mathworld
Encyclopaedia of Mathematics – published by Springer Verlag in 2002
Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security – published by Springer-Verlag in 2005
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics (EDM2) – second edition published in 1993 by The Mathematical Society of Japan
Klein's encyclopedia – published 1898–1935
Mathworld – online encyclopedia by Eric Weisstein
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)
planetmath



Medicine


Kitab al-Tasrif (The Method of Medicine) – by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
The Canon of Medicine – by Avicenna
Encyclopedia of Public Health
Medical Compendium in Seven Books – by Paul of Aegina in the 7th century CE; it was the most complete medical encyclopedia in its day
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary



Music

Eerste Nederlandse Pop Encyclopedie
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers
Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
Músicos do Brasil: Uma Enciclopédia Instrumental (Musicians of Brazil: an Instrumental Encyclopædia)



Nautical

List of nautical dictionaries



Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Philosophy – edited by Paul Edwards
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – online encyclopedia
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – online encyclopedia



Religion




= Christianity
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Agiologio Lusitano – 17th-century (1652–1744) Portuguese encyclopædia on hagiography and ecclesiastical matters
The Catholic Encyclopedia – 1907–1912 (15 vls.)
Encyclopædia Biblica
Encyclopedia of Christianity – John Stephen Bowden, ed., 1 vol., Oxford UP, 2006
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche – 1930–38 (10 vls.)
New Catholic encyclopedia – 1967–96 (15 vls. and 4 supplementary vls.); 2. ed. 2003 (15 vls.)
Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) – ed. Gerhard Müller. 38 vls.; Berlin 1977–2007
Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism – Hawthorn Books. 150 vls.; New York City 1958–1971



= Islam
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Encyclopaedia Islamica
Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
Encyclopaedia of Islam
Encyclopaedia of Shia
The Hussaini Encyclopedia
Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam
Islami Bishwakosh



= Judaism
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Encyclopaedia Judaica – published 1972–91, second edition 2006
Jewish Encyclopedia – published 1901–06; original full 12 volumes
Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian – 11 volumes, published 1976–2005 in Jerusalem
Talmudic Encyclopedia
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe – Yale University Press, 2008



= Hinduism
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Encyclopedia of Hinduism – published 2012



Science

Encyclopedia Astronautica – reference website maintained by space-travel enthusiast Mark Wade
Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry – Wiley, 2000, 15 volumes
Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh
Encyclopedia of Genetics
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) – owned by John Wiley & Sons; both a 20-volume print edition and an online edition
The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology – also available in a one-volume edition
The New Encyclopedia of Snakes
Larousse Encyclopædia of Animal Life



Engineering




= Chemical Engineering
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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry – currently in its 7th edition; first edition in German available in the public domain.



Social sciences

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences – edited by Neil Smelser and Paul Baltes, 26 vls., Elsevier, 2001
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences – edited by David L. Sills, New York, New York (etc.); Macmillan, 1968
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences – edited by William A. Darity, Jr., Detroit (etc.); Macmillan Reference USA, 2008



= Economics
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics – 2nd Edition (2008)



Sports

The Baseball Encyclopedia
Total Baseball, The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia – 2004, by John Thorn et al.
World Sports Encyclopedia – 2003, Atena/MBI



Other

Atlas of the Prehistoric World
Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences
Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine
Encyclopedia of Cybernetics
Encyclopedia of Marxism – online encyclopedia released under the GNU Free Documentation License, part of the Marxist Internet Archive.
The Grocer's Encyclopedia
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
Larousse Gastronomique – encyclopedia of food and cooking
A Military Encyclopedia
Mining Encyclopedia
MusicBrainz – project to create a free music encyclopedia, released under the Open Content License; the first goal is to create a database similar to CDDB
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars – encyclopedia and history of (Non-Cuban) cigars and their manufacturers (also Perelman's Pocket Cyclopaedia of Havana Cigars)
The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia
Pequena Enciclopédia de Moral e Civismo (Little Encyclopædia of Morality and Civism) – Brazilian state-sponsored school encyclopædia during the military dictatorship
Encyclopedia Recipica – Encyclopedia of Recipe




See also


List of encyclopedias by language (English)
List of historical encyclopedias
List of online encyclopedias
Lists of encyclopedias




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
• Lists of encyclopedias
• List of online encyclopedias
• Outline of knowledge
• List of encyclopedias by date
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
• History of encyclopedias
• Encarta
• Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie