Encyclopedias

This guide lists internet sites for doing research on the sources of encyclopedias. Other sources can be found by searching the Aladin Catalog for books and the Aladin databases for journal articles. If you need more help in finding information, please contact a reference librarian.

Online Encyclopedias on ALADIN (AU Community Only)

General Web Encyclopedias

• Encyberpedia
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian
• Infoplease
• High Beam Encyclopedia
• Symbols.com: Online Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
• Yahoo: Encyclopedias
• Wikipedia - an open content encyclopedia where anyone may contribute articles.

Subject Specific Encyclopedias

• The Catholic Encyclopedia
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World
• Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia

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