General Encyclopedias

• Columbia Encyclopedia
  The current edition of this standard single-volume encyclopedia.
• Encyclopedias
  Search a collection of single-volume encyclopedias (Credo Reference).
• Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  The multi-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica with additional features.
• World Encyclopedia
  Concise entries providing essential information on a range of subjects (Oxford Reference Online collection).
  
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Specialized Encyclopedias
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Additional resources, primarily open-access Web sites, are listed below by broad subject catagory.
Arts and Humanities | Law | Social Sciences and History | Science and Medicine

Arts and Humanities

• The Age of Fable or Bulfinch's Mythology
  The complete text of Bulfinch's Mythology, originally titled The Age of Fable, the standard guide to Western mythology. This site also includes a collection of links to literary and historical source documents on the Web.
• The Catholic Encyclopedia
  Information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine.
• Grove Art
  
Includes the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with constant additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links.
• Grove Music
  
A comprehensive, encyclopedic resource covering all aspects of music including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
• Instrument Encyclopedia
  Beginning with  more than 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan, this resource features musical instruments from around the world.
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Articles written by professors and graduate students of philosophy.
• Jazz Roots
  Focusing primarily on the first thirty years, this site offers an introduction to the development of jazz, along with information about the various musicians and composers (Tom Morgan).
• JewishEncyclopedia.com
  The complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Encyclopedia contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations, although it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History given its date of publication.
• Musicals101.com
  
Information about the history, development, and current traditions of musical theater.
• The Pantheon
  Encyclopedia of Greek mythology.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  
(Stanford University)

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Law

• Wex
  A collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia (Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School).

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Social Sciences and History

• About the U.S. Government
  A compilation of official reference publications, including How Our Laws Are Made, Outline of U.S. Government, About America: The Constitution of the United States of America With Explanatory Notes.
• The African-American Mosaic
  A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture.
• The American Presidency
  Articles on the presidents, vice-presidents, first ladies; the presidency; and American politics (Grolier Online).
• The Canadian Encyclopedia
  The most comprehensive source of information on Canada, made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service.
• Digital Egypt for Universities
  An online resource introducing all periods and themes of Egypt from the prehistoric to Islamic times, with 3D reconstructions of selected sites represented in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
• DIR - De Imperatoribus Romanis
  An on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453).
• EH.Net - Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History
  Articles are written by experts, screened by a group of authorities, and carefully edited (Wake Forest University, Miami University).
• Encyclopedia of Chicago
  Thousands of historical resources-including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers (Chicago Historical Society).
• The Encyclopedia of World History
  A comprehensive chronology that spans the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. (6th ed. 2001).
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World
  Language data from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition.
• glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture
  An authoritative online resource about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (glbtq) culture.
• Holocaust Encyclopedia
  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• SYMBOLS.com
  Contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed.

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Science and Medicine

• Anatomy
  • Anatomy of the human body
    Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (the classic 1918 publication).
  • Atlas of the Body
    A brief overview of the physiology of the human body (American Medical Association).
• Animal Diversity Web
  A searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals (University of Michigan).
• DinoData
  Encyclopedic catalog of dinosaur information.
• Encyclopedia of Animals (EBSCO Animals)
  In-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals.
• Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
  Maintained by astronomer/author David Darling. Some of the content is based on his books, including The Universal Book of Astronomy, The Complete Book of Spaceflight, The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia, and Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology.
• Encyclopedia of Earth
  A free, fully searchable collection of articles--written by scholars and other professionals--on Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
• Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
  Covers a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion.
• Medical Encyclopedia
  U.S. National Library of Medicine (MEDLINEplus).
• The Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition Online
  This edition uses everyday language to present information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. It is based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, the textbook of medicine most widely used by health care professionals in the U.S. and worldwide.
• North American Mammals
  Detailed descriptions, images, and distribution ranges for more than 400 mammals native to the North American continent (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History).
• TechEncyclopedia
  Brief entries for thousands of information technology (IT) terms (TechWeb).

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