List of online encyclopedias
This is a list of online encyclopedias .
Overview
- General encyclopedias
- Antiques, art and literature
- Biographies
- Life sciences
- Movie and TV
- Internet and communication
- mathematics
- music
- philosophy
- Politics and history
- Pop culture and science fiction
- psychology
- Regional encyclopedias
- Religion and theology
- language
- economy
- science and technology
- Clone encyclopedias
General encyclopedias
A.
Site | language | description | Access |
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General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts | German | Digitized version of the encyclopedia | free access |
B.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Baidu Baike | Chinese | Encyclopedia at the largest Chinese search program Baidu , formerly Hudong | free access |
Brockhaus | German | Online edition of the encyclopedia, different versions, for schools of three ages. | Subscription access |
C.
Site | language | description | Access |
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The Canadian Encyclopedia | English France | All areas of interest (content of the printed Canadian Encyclopedia ) | free access |
Citizendium | English | All areas of interest, wiki | free, copyleft access |
Columbia Encyclopedia | English | All areas of interest | free access |
Conservapedia | English | American Conservative and Christian Interests | free access |
Crnogorska Enciklopedija | Montenegrin | All areas of interest (wanted to become a Wikipedia of the Montenegrin language) | out of action last working version of 8 December 2008 on web.archive.org |
Croatian Encyclopedia | Croatian | General and National Encyclopedia | free access |
D.
Site | language | description | Access |
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The Danske Encyklopædi store | Danish | All areas of interest | free access |
Digital Universe | English | Collection of articles on educational, cultural and scientific subjects | free access |
Doosan Encyclopedia | Korean | All areas of interest | free access |
E.
Site | language | description | Access |
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EcuRed | Spanish | All areas of interest. Cuban Spanish | free access |
Ekşi Sözlük | Turkish | All areas of interest | free access |
Encarta | English | All areas of interest | no operation |
Enciclonet | Spanish | All areas of interest | Limited free access and scope, subscription for full access |
Encyclopædia Britannica | English | All areas of interest | Limited free access and scope, subscription for full access |
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition (1910–11) | English | All areas of interest | Public domain: completely free access of various online platforms access |
Encyclopedia.com | English | All areas of interest | free access |
Great Chinese encyclopedia | Chinese | All areas of interest | Subscription access |
Encyklopedia Internautica | Polish | All areas of interest | free access |
Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti | Italian | All areas of interest. published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani | free access |
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español | Spanish | Mirror of the Spanish Wikipedia, uses wiki software, published under GNU | free, copyleft access |
Encyclopedia Sindhiana | sindhi | All areas of interest | Limited free access and scope access |
Encyclopædia Universalis | French | All fields of interest Encyclopedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica | Subscription access |
Everipedia | English | The site allows authors to write on any topic and anyone can post a page after creating a free account. | free access |
Everything2 | English | All areas of interest, users can write articles on almost any topic | free access |
F.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Freewiki | German English | All areas of interest, users can write articles. Users have to register with real names and an admin has to activate them. | free access |
G
Site | language | description | Access |
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GNE | English | All articles of interest are published under the GNU license. formerly GNUPedia . | no operation |
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana | Catalan | All areas of interest | free access |
Grand Larousse encyclopédique | French | All areas of interest | free access |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia | russian, english | All areas of interest, often from the perspective of the (official) Soviet Union. | free access (archive) |
H
Site | language | description | Access |
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Hamichlol | Hebrew, English | All areas of interest | free. Copyleft : Mirror of Wikipedia content access |
I.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Infoplease | English | All areas of interest | free access |
Internetowa encyklopedia PWN | Polish | All areas of interest | free access |
Interpedia | English | All Areas of Interest, the first site to propose a free encyclopedia written by users | no operation |
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K
Site | language | description | Access |
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Enciklopedio Kalblanda | Esperanto | All areas of interest. the first Esperanto online encyclopedia | no operation (was included in the Esperanto Wikipedia ) |
Know your meme | English | A website and video platform that uses wiki software to document various Internet phenomena and the like, such as viral videos, pictures, keywords and Internet stars to show | free access |
Krugosvet (Кругосвет) | Russian | All areas of interest. | free access |
L.
No entries
M.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Marathi Vishwakosh | marathi | General topics | free access |
Marefa | Arabic | All areas of interest | free access |
Mawdoo3 | Arabic | All areas of interest | free access |
Metapedia | Hungarian , German, English, Spanish, Swedish , Romanian , Estonian , French, Slovenian , Czech , Portuguese , Norwegian , Danish , Greek , Dutch | right-wing radical, white supremacy and neo-Nazi encyclopedia | free access |
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 4th ed. 1888 - 1892 | German | All areas of interest | free access to archive |
Mot3ah | Arabic | All areas of interest | free access |
N
Site | language | description | Access |
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National Cyclopedin | Swedish | All areas of interest | Subscription access |
nourzalam | Arabic | All areas of interest | free |
Nupedia | English | with GNUpedia together | no operation |
O
Site | language | description | Access |
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Open site | English | Encyclopedia, initiated by the Open Directory Project , user-defined | No more wiki access |
P
Site | language | description | Access |
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Plus media | German | All areas of interest | free access |
Probert Encyclopaedia | English | All areas of interest | no operation |
Proleksis Encyclopedia | Croatian | General and National Encyclopedia | free with registration access |
Q
Site | language | description | Access |
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Queer Grace | English | for LGBT Q with a Christian background | free access |
R.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Rational Wiki | English | Skeptic movement topics of interest | free access |
S.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Sarvavijnanakosam | Malayalam | All areas of interest | free access |
Scholarpedia | English | Articles are written by learners and checked for accuracy through peer review | free access |
Store norske leksikon | Norwegian (Bokmål) | All areas of interest | free access |
Superpedia | Bahasa Indonesia , Sundanese , Avanese | All areas of interest | free access |
Susning.nu | Swedish | a Swedish-language wiki (2001-2009) | no operation |
T
Site | language | description | Access |
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Tamil Encyclopedia | tamil | General areas | free access |
U
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V
Site | language | description | Access |
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Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam | Vietnamese | All areas of interest. government sponsored encyclopedia. | free access |
Veropedia | English, Dutch, Spanish | Mirroring of stable versions of selected articles from the English Wikipedia | no operation, offline since 2009, last working version from December 14, 2017 on web.archive.org: access |
W.
Site | language | description | Access |
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Web Community Wiki | German | All areas of interest, with a focus on games and entertainment | free access (offline since autumn 2018) |
WIEM Encyclopedia | Polish | All areas of interest | free access |
Wikipedia | numerous languages with different content | All areas of interest, wiki | free, copyleft access |
Winkler Prins | Dutch | All areas of interest, three ages | Subscription access |
World Book Encyclopedia | English | All areas of interest | Subscription access |
X
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Y
No entries
Z
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Biographies
Site | language | description | Access |
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Australian Dictionary of Biography | English | Entries about known dead Australians | free access |
Hrvatski biografski leksikon | Croatian | Multi-volume reference on people from Croatian history | free access |
Dictionary of Canadian Biography | English France | Entries about well-known Canadians | free access |
Dictionary of Irish Architects | English | Biographical information on Irish architects from 1720 to 1940 | free access |
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | English | Comprehensive 66-volume reference work on well-known characters from British history | Subscription access |
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography | english, māori | Entries about known deceased New Zealanders | free access |
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani | Italian | Biographical dictionary of Italian persons, edited by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani | free access |
Movie and TV
Site | language | description | Access |
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Internet Movie Database | English, German, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish and Spanish | Database of films, television series, video productions and computer games and of the people who have contributed to them | free access |
Lexicon of film terms | German | Database on film science information | free access |
Antiques, art and literature
Site | language | description | Access |
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities | English | Includes texts from the 19th century encyclopedia of the same name. The focus is on topics of cultural and historical importance related to Greeks and Romans . | free access to the archive |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | English | The focus is on topics related to Greek and Roman mythology and characters | free access to the archive |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography | English | The focus is on topics related to Greek and Roman geography | free access to the archive |
Enciclopedia Dantesca | Italian | Dante Alighieri and his time dedicated by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani | free access |
Encyclopedia Mythica | English | contains articles on mythology , folklore , and religion | free access |
Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities | English | Dealt with themes from classical antiquity; Text from 1898 | free access to the archive |
The History of Nordic Women's Literature | English, Danish, Swedish | English-language online version including biographies | free access |
The Literary Encyclopedia | English | Literature related articles | Subscription access |
Oxford Art Online | English | Fine arts formerly Grove Art Online and The Dictionary of Art . Originally published in 1996 as a 34 volume printed encyclopedia; since 1998. online | Subscription access |
SIKART | English, German, French, Italian | Biographical dictionary and database on Swiss fine arts | free access |
Regional encyclopedias
Site | language | description | Access |
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Austria Forum | German English | Online database on Austrian culture | free access |
Banglapedia | bengali , english | Subjects related to Bangladesh | free access |
Chalo Chatu | English | Chalochatu Foundation's online collaborative encyclopedia. Offers comprehensive articles on Zambian culture and history, etc. | free access |
Dictionary of Sydney | English | Articles on the history and culture of Sydney | free access |
Encyclopaedia of Islam | Persian | about the world of Islam , not a Muslim encyclopedia | Subscription overview |
Encyclopædia Iranica | English, plans for a Persian version | Article on the influences of the Iranian people in history | free access |
Korean Culture Encyclopedia | Korean | Korea-related issues | free access |
Encyclopedia of Ukraine | english and ukrainian | Ukraine-related articles | free access |
Gazetteer for Scotland | English | Articles on the geography and locations of Scotland | free access |
Historical lexicon of Switzerland | French, German and Italian | Article on the history of Switzerland. | free access |
Historical lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein | German | Articles about the history of the Principality of Liechtenstein as well as articles relating to its neighboring states | free access |
HistoryLink | English | Articles related to the history of Washington | free access |
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan | English | Comprehensive articles on Japanese arts and culture, history and politics, etc. | Subscription access |
Looklex Encyclopaedia | English (in Norway ) | Topics: Middle East , Africa (known as CiAS 1996–1999) | free access |
MNopedia | English | published by the Minnesota Historical Society | free access |
Panyathai | Thai , partly English | All areas of interest. Created to honor King Bhumibol Adulyadej | free archive access |
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand | english, māori | New Zealand government site with country related content | free access |
Vienna History Wiki | German | Article about the history of Vienna , contains 31,000 entries from the 2nd edition of the Historisches Lexikons Wien . | free access |
Pop culture and science fiction
Site | language | description | Access |
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Don Markstein's Toonopedia | English | The focus is on articles related to print and animated cartoons | free access |
Encyclopædia Dramatica | English | Contains humor articles, especially on contemporary internet culture. | free access |
Fringepedia | English | contains articles related to the American television drama Fringe . | free access |
h2g2 | English | Collection of sometimes funny encyclopedia articles based on Douglas Adamss The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . | free access |
Heroes Wiki | English, Dutch , French, German, Hebrew , Italian, Portuguese , Spanish, Swedish , Turkish | contains articles related to the American television drama Heroes . | free access |
Lostpedia | English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese | contains articles related to the television drama Lost | free access |
Memory Alpha | English, Bulgarian , Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto , French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish | Article on Star Trek | free access |
Perrypedia | German | Article on Perry Rhodan | free access |
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | English | Authors, books, films about SF | free access |
The Rocklopedia Fakebandica | English | Articles about 'fake bands' in the entertainment industry | free access |
Supernatural Wiki | English | contains articles related to the American television drama Supernatural . | free access |
TV Tropes | english, german, esperanto, spanish, french, norwegian, finnish, swedish, al bhed (artificial language), quenya | Articles related to things and rules that Fantay authors must observe | free access |
Uncyclopedia | multilingual | Humor encyclopedia | free access |
Wookieepedia | English, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Chinese | Star Wars article | free access |
WoWWiki / Wowpedia | english, german, spanish, french, czech, danish, greek, persian , finnish, hebrew, hungarian, icelandic , italian, lithuanian , latvian , dutch, nynorsk , bokmål , polish, oortuguese, brazilian portuguese , russian, slovak, korean, japanese , chinese | Article on World of Warcraft - | free access |
mathematics
Site | language | description | Access |
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Encyclopaedia of Mathematics | English | Articles on topics of mathematics | free access |
Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers | English | Information about thousands of distinguished points in the triangle , coordinate systems, links , incidence , equations , etc. | free access |
EqWorld | english, russian | Articles on math equations | free access |
MathWorld | English | Articles on a variety of math- related topics | free access |
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences | English | Information about hundreds of thousands of integers follows , including formulas , sequences , calculator programs , etc. | free / CC BY-NC 3.0 access |
PlanetMath | English | Math- related topics and articles | free / GNU access |
music
Site | language | description | Access |
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Bulgarian Rock Archive (Български рок архиви) |
Bulgarian | Archive on Bulgarian rock groups | free access |
Encyclopaedia Metallum | English | Heavy metal groups archive | free access |
Grove Music Online | English | mostly about historical and classical music worldwide; in print the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , with 20 volumes, first published in 1980, at Oxford Music online | Subscription access |
MOOMA | Hebrew | Articles about Israeli music and musicians | free access |
Oxford Music Online | English | music | free access |
philosophy
Site | language | description | Access |
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Encyclopedia of Marxism | multilingual | Article on the study of Marxism | free access |
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophy related articles, founder James Fieser | free access |
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophical Article, Founder Edward Craig | Subscription access |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | English | Philosophical subjects, founder Edward Zalta | free access |
L'Encyclopédie philosophique | French | Philosophical article, founder Maxime Kristanek | free access |
Politics and history
Site | language | description | Access |
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Ancient History Encyclopedia | English | History encyclopedia for students and the general public. Checked by the response team, not a wiki. | free access |
Ballotpedia | English | American politics, elections, and the public | free access |
The Concise Encyclopædia of Economics | English | Economics - Part of the Library of Economics and Liberty , edited by David R. Henderson | free access |
Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States | English | Articles related to science, business, and American authors. The 1899 edition is available online | free access |
dKosopedia | English | Political encyclopedia written from the standpoint of modern democratic liberalism | free access |
The Encyclopedia of 9/11 | English | Encyclopedia on Terrorist Attacks November 9, 2001 | free access |
Encyclopedia Titanica | English | Encyclopedia on the construction and sinking of the RMS Titanic | free access |
Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential | English | offers articles on human problems | free access |
Gapminder | English | Historical global trends in health, poverty, and demographics | free access |
glbtq.com | English | Culture of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer. | free access |
HistoryLink | English | Article on the history of Washington state | free access |
Holocaust Encyclopedia | English, Arabic, Persian, French, Spanish | Holocaust-related articles published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | free access |
JurisPedia | Arabic, English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Dutch | an academic encyclopedia on concepts of legislation | free access |
Our World In Data | English | Global trends about economic growth, poverty, health, war, violence, education and demographics | free access |
Religion and theology
Site | language | description | Access |
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Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists | English | Articles on Seventh-day Adventist Affairs | free, access |
Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology | English | Articles on Western Christianity and Christian Theology | free of charge, public domain access |
Catholic Encyclopedia | English | Article on Catholicism (texts from 1913 and 1922). | free of charge, public domain access |
Christian Cyclopedia | English | Collection of historical and theological information | free access |
Easton's Bible Dictionary | English | Articles on Christianity and Theology | free of charge, public domain access |
Encyclopaedia Biblica | English | contains articles related to "the literary, political and religious history, archeology, geography and natural history in the Bible" | free access to the archive |
Encyclopedia of Mormonism | English | Article from Mormons about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - tenets and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints (LDS). | free access |
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online | English | Topics related to Anabaptism and Mennonites | free access |
Jewish Encyclopedia | English | Topics related to Judaism | free access |
Jewish Virtual Library | English | Portals on important Judaic topics | free access |
Punjabipedia | punjabi | Entries about Sikhism | free no access |
Webbible | English | Entries to the Bible | free access |
Scientific Bible dictionary on the Internet | German | Entries to the Bible | free access |
Scientific-religious-educational lexicon on the Internet | German | Entries on religious education | free access |
psychology
Site | language | description | Access |
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Psi Encyclopedia | English | contains articles on topics of psychology | free access |
Encyclopedia of Psychology | English | Subjects of psychology | free access |
economy
Site | language | description | Access |
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Encyclopedia of Information Systems | German | Business informatics topics , no wiki | free access |
Lobbypedia | German | contains articles on economic issues, especially lobbying | free access |
science and technology
Site | language | description | Access |
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Encyclopedia Astronautica | English | Articles on space travel , astronomy, and military rocket science | free access |
Encyclopedia of Earth | English | Articles about the earth and its ecosystems | free access |
Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology | English | Laser technology , photonics , and related topics such as fiber optics and ultrashort pulse lasers | free access |
Encyclopedia of Science | English | AZ of science, and technology, math, philosophy, etc. Operated and updated daily by astronomer and author David Darling | free access |
Engineering and Technology History Wiki | English | The history of technology, in partnership with the United Engineering Foundation, AIChE , AIME, ASCE , ASME , IEEE , SPE and the SWE. | free access |
FOLDOC | English | Computer technology and related topics | free access |
Javapedia | English | all topics related to Java | free access |
Lexicon for analytics, laboratory technology, chemistry, process engineering, process technology, plant engineering | German | Topics are chemistry , pharmacy , materials science and related scientific subjects | free of charge [www.chemie.de/lexikon] |
Omniglot | English | Topics are languages and writing systems | free access |
Römpp Lexicon Chemistry | German | The world of chemistry as well as the environment, natural substances and biochemistry | 14 days free access |
ScienceWorld | English | Topics are astronomy, scientific biographies, chemistry , and physics . Similar to MathWorld , it is by Eric Weis stone .herausgegeben | free access |
Life sciences
Site | language | description | Access |
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Animal Diversity Web | English | Student wiki, University of Michigan database on natural history, dissemination, classification, and discussions on biological topics. | free access |
APpedia | Chinese | contains articles on general animal welfare issues | free access |
ARKive | English | Video and audio contributions to species worldwide | free access |
Encyclopedia of Life | English France | Category search for 1.8 million known species worldwide | free access |
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences | English | Biology related articles | Subscription access |
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems | English | Articles on the natural and social sciences | Subscription access |
Erowid | English | Information on psychotropic substances | free access |
FishBase | English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Chinese abbreviations , Chinese (Traditional Han) , Greek , Swedish , Russian, Persian , Vietnamese , Thai , Lao , Hindi , Bengali | Articles about fish species | free access |
Flora Europaea | English | deals with European plant species | free access |
Ganfyd | English | Medical issues | free access |
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Arabic Health Encyclopedia | Arabic , English | Health topics, encyclopedia | free access |
Palaeos | English | Subjects on paleontology | free access |
The Plant List | English | Flora topics | free access |
Radiopaedia | English | Articles on imaging techniques in radiology and x-rays | free access |
Wikispecies | English | the attempt to create a catalog of all living things | free access |
ZipcodeZoo | English | Encyclopedia of all living things | free access |
language
Site | language | description | Access |
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Baydat | German | Lexicon for the Bavarian dialect | free access |
Glossaire des patois | French | Lexicon for the language of French-speaking western Switzerland | free access |
Glottopedia | German, English (from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and University of Trier ) | Lexicon of language | free (Commons CC-BY-SA) access (en) access (de) |
Swiss Idioticon | German, Swiss German | Lexicon for the Swiss German language | free access |
Swabian Lexicon | German, Swabian | Lexicon for the Swabian language | free access |
Urban Dictionary | English | American slang dictionary | free access |
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics | English | Linguistic lexicon of the Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS | free access |
Vocabolario | Italian | Lexicon of Swiss Italian | free access |
Internet and communication
Site | language | description | Access |
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Emojipedia | English | Emojis | free access |
Clone encyclopedias
Site | language | description | Access |
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Revolvy | multilingual | Clone of Wikipedia | free access |
Wikmonde | multilingual | Wikipedia clone (parts) | free access |
Wiki wall | multilingual | alternative presentation of articles from Wikipedia | free access see wiki wall |
See also
literature
Karina Frick: Internet Lexicography: A Compendium . Ed .: Annette Klosa, Carolin Müller-Spitzer. De Gruyter, 2016, ISBN 978-3-05-006423-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Andrea James: Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedia to be inclusive and enjoyable? Boing Boing, June 12, 2017, accessed October 17, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Elaine Lee: Whart ever dropout creates Wikipedia alternative alongside Rap Genius co-founder . Ed .: The Daily Pennsylvanian. March 22, 2016 (English, thedp.com [accessed October 17, 2018]). Whart ever dropout creates Wikipedia alternative alongside Rap Genius co-founder ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Elizabeth Bruenig: Why is millennial humor so weird? . In: Washington Post . 11th August 2017.
- ↑ Allee Manning: The Darkest, Dankest Year In Memes . In: Vocativ . December 31, 2016.
- ↑ http://urlm.de/www.wecowi.de
- ↑ a b In the UK , access is usually free of charge through a local library
- ^ The Encyclopedia of 9/11. New York Magazine , accessed October 17, 2018 .
Web links
- Encyclopedic Knowledge, Then vs. Now. The New York Times , May 3, 2009, accessed October 18, 2018 .