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ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES & REFERENCE

• General Encyclopedias
• Specialized Encyclopedias
• Almanacs and Atlases

General Encyclopedias

• Columbia Encyclopedia
  
  
• Encarta Learning Zone
  
  
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
  
  
• Encyclopedia.com
  
  
• Fact Monster: Encyclopedia
  
  
• Hutchinson's Encyclopedia
  From Tiscali Reference
  
  
• Information Please
  Type in your Search Term and choose "Encyclopedia" in the "All Sources" box.
  
  
• MSN Learning & Research: Encyclopedia Article Center
  
  
• xrefer- the Web's Reference Engine
  
  
• Yahoo! Reference -- The Britannica Concise
  

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Specialized Encyclopedias

• Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Fine Art on the Internet
  
  
• Cambridge History of English and American Literature
  An encyclopedia in eighteen volumes.
  
  
• Catholic Encyclopedia
  
  
• ComedyStars Online
  "The comedian's who's who."
  
  
• Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online- CAMEO
  From Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  
  
• EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History
  
  
• Encyclopaedia of British History: 1700-1950
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Religion and Society
  From the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
  
  
• Encyclopaedia of USA History: 1500-1980
  
  
• Encyclopedia Astronautica
  
  
• Encyclopedia Mythica
  Mythology, folklore and legend.
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Days
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Finance
  From Ameritrade
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
  
  
• Encyclopedia of World History
  From Bartleby.com
  
  
• Encyclopedia Resources
  From refdesk.com
  
  
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Smithsonian from A to Z
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Television
  The Museum of Broadcast Communications
  
  
• Costume SuperCenter.com
  
  
• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
  
  
• Health Central- Library
  
  
• Home Improvement Resources
  
  
• Home Improvement
  From Better Homes & Gardens
  
  
• Household Cyclopedia
  
  
• Instrument Encyclopedia
  
  
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  
  
• JewishEncyclopedia.com
  
  
• MEDLINEplus: Medical Encyclopedia
  
  
• Musicals101.com
  The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film.
  
  
• NoLo's Legal Encyclopedia
  
  
• SYMBOLS.com
  Encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms.
  
  
• TechWeb.com- TechEncyclopedia
  
  
• Toonopdia
  Don Markstein's "vast repository of toonological knowledge".
  
  
• Truckchamp.com
  
  
• Weather.com Encyclopedia
  
  
• Web Developer's Virtual Library
  Encyclopedia of Web design, tutorials, articles and Discussions
  

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Almanacs & Atlases

• Baseball Almanac
  The "official" baseball history site.
  
  
• CIA World Factbook 2001
  
  
• CNN Video Almanac
  
  
• Computer Almanac
  Interesting and useful numbers about computers.
  
  
• GeographyIQ: World Atlas
  
  
• Guinness World Records
  
  
• Infoplease.com: Almanacs
  
  
• Old Farmer's Almanac
  
  
• Yahoo! Reference: Almanacs
  
  

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This collection is maintained by Bruce Carroll and was last updated on September 18, 2009.