This is the largest online encyclopedia, virtual dynamic library equivalent to about 600 volumes. It is an integrated compendium of 21 component encyclopedias.
On December 6, 1768, the first volume of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published in London as , 'A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, compiled upon a New Plan'. The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still being produced today. The history of its 15 editions alone would be subject of an entire book. But although it might be the most popular encyclopaedia ever printed, it was not the first.
The World Problems and Global Issues section of the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential it is an ongoing attempt to provide profiles of, and map relationships between, ALL the problems humanity faces, in the hopes that a more comprehensive understanding would greatly enhance our ability to deal with these challenges.
Programming tutorials and source code for many programming languages and especially for the .NET Framework. Also has software articles, faqs, reviews, news, projects, forums, blogs from the IT domain. This website is design for the IT enthusiast, and especially programmers. The scope of this site is to form a community of IT specialists, from various domains (programming, hardware, graphics) and build different projects, like software, games or books.
This site provides totally FREE access to the top notch encyclopedia: 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. This 1911 version of Encyclopedia Britannica is a community project where anybody can edit/correct articles and add comments about the original encyclopedia articles. Thousands of corrections have already been posted and hundreds of user comments have been published. The Online Encyclopedia is based on the 11th Edition Encyclopedia Britannica, first published in 1911. This historically significant book is the last encyclopedia to offer articles in such extreme depth. Over 320 historians, 250 ministers, and many diplomats, theologists, scientists, and government officials from around the world personally wrote this encyclopedia's articles.
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. At its heart lies a series of Web sites—one for each of the approximately 1.8 million known species. Each site is constantly evolving and features dynamically synthesized content ranging from historical literature and biological descriptions to stunning images, videos and distribution maps.
The Washington Post Company. Who Runs Gov offers a unique look at the world of Washington through its key players and personalities. The site features profiles of a select group of government officials, legislators, senior Congressional aides and committee staff, and experts at think tanks and interest groups who influence how policy is made. Each profile focuses on an individual's policy experience and involvement with specific areas of government decision-making.
encyclopedia of toons. A toon is a cartoon or cartoon character — "cartoon" referring not just to the animated kind, but also to such "still cartoons" as comic books, newspaper strips, magazine cartoons, etc. The basic idea is to cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery.
ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. Although it is often difficult to find explanations for technical subjects that are both clear and accessible, this web s
Dieses Projekt möchte vornehmlich alte, in Fraktur gesetzte Nachschlagewerke um 1900 herum retrodigitalisieren und im Internet verfügbar machen. Retrodigitalisierung meint hier, sowohl die Faksimiles wie auch den Text bereit zu stellen. Es basiert auf der freiwilligen Mitarbeit von vielen Personen und verfolgt kein finanzielles Interesse. Die Einnahmen der Werbung auf diesen Seiten fließen in die Digitalisierung neuer Werke und den Betrieb der Server.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress) -- A digital library of music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress. Formerly known as I Hear America Singing and LC Presents: Music, Theater and Dance.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) was founded in 1995 as a non-profit organization to provide open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy. The Encyclopedia receives no funding, and operates through the volunteer work of the staff, which consists of editors, authors, volunteers, and technical advisers. At present the IEP is visited by over 320,000 persons per month.
This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.
From its inception, the SEP was designed so that each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and substantive updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. Consequently, our dynamic reference work maintains academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research.
Электронная база данных, основанная на материалах семитомной энциклопедия «Новейшая история отечественного кино. 1986-2000», опубликованной в 2004 году. Проект издательства и журнала Сеанса.
Glottopedia is a freely editable encyclopedia for linguists by linguists that is currently being built up. It will contain dictionary articles on all technical terms of linguistics and is multilingual. In addition, there are survey articles, biographical articles and language articles, potentially on all linguists and all languages. Glottopedia articles also exist in German, and in the future hopefully also in Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, or any other language.