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An online encyclopedia is an encyclopedia which is accessible by computer over the internet. Specific online encyclopedias include:
| Site | Language | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeiou Encyclopedia | German, English | Online database of Austrian culture | Free |
| All info about.com | English | A collection of about 100 separate sites on a wide variety of topics written by experts | |
| All Music Guide | English | Music-related topics | Retail sites |
| Archimedes-lab.org | English | Edutainment | Free |
| ARKive | English | Visual and audio recordings of the world's species | Free |
| Baidu Baike | Chinese | Collaborative online encyclopedia hosted by the major Chinese search engine Baidu | Free |
| Banglapedia | Bangla, English | General interest | |
| Biosector01 | English | Bionicle related topics | Free |
| Bulbapedia | English | Pokémon related topics | Free |
| Cakrapadia [1] | English, Spanish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Finnish | General Interest | Free |
| The Canadian Encyclopedia | English | General Interest (original content of the hard copy Canadian Encyclopedia) | Free |
| Catholic Encyclopedia | English | Topics relating to Catholicism | Free, Public domain |
| Citizendium | English | Wiki-based free encyclopedia project spearheaded by Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia | |
| Columbia Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
| Compton's Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
| Conservapedia | English | Written from a viewpoint supportive of Conservative Christianity and Young Earth creationism | Free |
| Crnogorska Enciklopedija | Montenegrin | General interest (hopes to encourage a Montenegrin language Wikipedia) | Free |
| Cut-the-knot | English | Mathematics related topics | Free |
| A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities | English | Incorporates text from the 19th century encyclopedia of the same name. Focuses on topics of cultural and historical Greek and Roman significance. | Free |
| Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | English | Focuses on topics dealing with Greek and Roman mythology and people | Free |
| Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography | English | Focuses on topic relating to Greek and Roman geography | Free |
| Digital Universe | English | Collection of articles on educational, cultural, and scientific topics | Free |
| Don Markstein's Toonopedia | English | Focuses on articles pertaining to print and animated cartoons | Free |
| Doosan Encyclopedia | Korean | General | Free |
| Encarta | English | General interest | Free |
| Encyclopaedia Biblica | English | Contains articles pertaining to "the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible"[2] | Free |
| Encyclopædia Britannica | English | General interest | Subscription |
| Encyclopaedia Metallum | English | Articles deal with topics encompassing Heavy metal music | Free |
| Encyclopaedia of Mathematics | English | Encompasses articles on the topic of mathematics | Free |
| Encyclopedia Astronautica | English | Contains articles on the subject of space exploration and astronomy | Free |
| Encyclopedia Iranica | English, plans for a future Persian version | Topics on the influence of the Iranian peoples throughout history | Free |
| Encyclopedia of Korean Culture | Korean | Korea-related topics | Free |
| Enciclopedia Libre | Fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, using wiki software, released under the GFDL | ||
| Encyclopedia Mythica | English | Contains articles on mythology, folklore, and religion | Free |
| Encyclopedia of Life | English, French | Seeks to categorize all 1.8 million known species on the planet | Free |
| Encyclopedia of Life Sciences | English | Biology related articles | Subscription |
| Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems | English | Articles about the natural and social sciences | Subscription |
| Encyclopedia of Marxism | English | Topics related to the study of Marxism | Free |
| Encyclopedia of Ukraine | English | Ukraine related articles | Free |
| Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential | English | Presents articles on perceived human problems | Free |
| Everything2 | English | General interest, users can submit articles on the topic of essentially anything | Free |
| FAQ | English | A collection of searchable FAQs | Free |
| FishBase | English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified Han), Chinese (Traditional Han), Bahasa Malay, Indonesian, Greek, Swedish, Russian, Farsi, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, Hindi, Bangla | Articles on fish species | Free |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | English | Database for search of source material of an academic nature | Subscription |
| Gazetteer for Scotland | English | Articles on the geography and locations of Scotland | Free |
| GNUPedia | English | General interest articles are released under a GNU license | Free |
| Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia | English | Targeted at the younger researcher, it contains the text of the Academic American Encyclopedia | Subscription |
| H2G2 | Collection of sometimes humorous encyclopedia articles, based on Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. | ||
| High Beam Encyclopedia | English | A searchable collection of encyclopedia articles from other sources | Free |
| Hutchinson Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Free |
| Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophy related articles | Free |
| Interpedia | English | General interest, the first site to propose a free encyclopedia written by users. Now defunct. | No longer exists |
| IslaMedia [3] | English | Islam related articles | Free |
| Javapedia | English | Coverage of all topics related to the Java platform | Free |
| Jewish Virtual Library | English | Portals to essential Jewish topics | Free |
| Lambiek | English, Dutch | Articles on comic strips and comic artists | Free |
| The Literary Encyclopedia | |||
| Math Is Fun | |||
| MathWorld | |||
| Memory Alpha | |||
| Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 4. ed. 1888 - 1892 | |||
| MusicBrainz | |||
| Nationalencyklopedin | |||
| New Georgia Encyclopedia | |||
| Nupedia | |||
| Open Site | Categorized community-built encyclopedia, inspired by the Open Directory Project | ||
| Oregon Blue Book | |||
| PlanetMath | |||
| Private Sözlük | Turkish | Collaborative hypertext Turkish dictionary and encyclopedia site that shares a similar concept with Everything2 or H2G2 | |
| Probert Encyclopaedia | |||
| Project Galactic Guide | Inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was one of the first encyclopedia projects | ||
| QED project | |||
| The Rocklopedia Fakebandica | |||
| Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | |||
| Scholarpedia | |||
| Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | |||
| Susning.nu | |||
| Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand | |||
| Turkcebilgi (Turkish) | |||
| Veropedia | English, Dutch, Spanish | Mirrors stable versions of selected English Wikipedia articles | |
| Wikipedia | Many | Largest encyclopedia in the world, with over 2,000,000 articles in the English version alone (including minor articles and stubs) | Free, Copyleft |
| WikiPilipinas | Based on the Wikipedia model, from the Philippine point-of-view | ||
| Wikiweise | |||
| WikiZnanie | |||
| Wookieepedia | |||
| World Book Encyclopedia | Subscription |