General Encyclopedias

Columbia Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Britannica «based on the 11th edition from 1911

Encyclopedia Smithsonian «modest collection with links to Smithsonian resources on various subjects

HighBeam «more than 57,000 articles from a variety of sources


Subject Encyclopedias

History

Encyclopedia of World History «2000 publication from Peter N. Stearns and thirty other historians


Math

Wolfram MathWorld «concise mathematics encyclopedia


Music

Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians «database created by Lewis Porter of Rutgers University

Instrument Encyclopedia «collaborative project from the University of Michigan School of Information and the School of Music


Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy «founded by James Fieser, Ph.D at the University of Tennessee-Martin

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy «project from Stanford University


Religion

Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology « a project from Boston University

Catholic Encyclopedia «more than 11,000 articles about the Catholic faith from a Catholic perspective

Encyclopedia of Mormonism «from Brigham Young University

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society «from the Hartford Institute of Religion Research


Science

Annotated Physics Encyclopedia «from Igor Ivanov of MIT

Encyclopedia Astronautica «on the history of space exploration

Encyclopedia of Earth «written by experts with an environmental emphasis

Encyclopedia of Standard Planetary Info, Formulae and Constants «written by Chris Barnet of NOAA


Other Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Needlework «by Therese de Dillmont

Encyclopedia of Television «from the Museum of Broadcast Communications


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