# List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge

This is a list of notable encyclopedias sorted by branch of knowledge. For the purposes of this list, an encyclopedia is defined as a "compendium that contains information on either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge." For other sorting standards, see List of encyclopedias.

## General knowledge
### Catalan

* Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana – Catalan-language encyclopedia, started in fascicles, and published in 1968 by Edicions 62 [ca]

### Chinese

* Encyclopedia of China
* Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China – Chinese language encyclopedia completed in 1725 (10 million Chinese characters)
* Yongle Encyclopedia – once contained 11,095 volumes and around 370 million Chinese characters but now contains less than 400 volumes

### Czech

* Riegrův slovník naučný – first Czech encyclopedia published in 1860–1874 with 11 volumes, supplement vol. in 1890, online)
* Otto's encyclopedia – largest Czech-language encyclopedia published between 1888 and 1908 (28 vols) and 1930–1943 (12 vols, incomplete). Volumes 1–28 online
* Příruční slovník naučný – first post-war encyclopedia. With strong communist ideology. Four volumes, 1962–1967.
* Malá československá encklopedie – Small Czechoslovak encyclopedia, it was supposed to be forerunner to Great Czechoslovak encyclopedia that was never published, 6 volumes, 1984–1987.
* Diderot (8 volumes, 1999–2000)
* Universum (10 volumes, 1999–2001)
* Czech Wikipedia (2002–)

### Danish

* Den Store Danske Encyklopædi

### Dutch

* Winkler Prins – published in print between 1870 and 1993 and made available digitally to the present day
* Oosthoek – published between 1907 and 1981
* Christelijke Encyclopedie – published between 1926 and 2005
* Eerste Nederlandse Systematisch Ingerichte Encyclopaedie – published between 1946 and 1952
* Standaard Encyclopedie – published between 1969 and 1974 by Standaard Uitgeverij Antwerpen
* Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie – published between 1971 and 1979
* Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie – published between 1974 and 1980

### English

* Academic American Encyclopedia – 21-volume work published in 1980, also issued by Grolier under the names Barnes & Noble New American Encyclopedia, Global International Encyclopedia, Grolier Academic Encyclopedia, Grolier International Encyclopedia, Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, and Macmillan Family Encyclopedia
* Chambers's Encyclopaedia – published in 1859 by W. Chambers and R. Chambers
* The Children's Encyclopedia – by Arthur Mee, published 1908–64 in the UK and in the US starting in 1910 as Grolier's The Book of Knowledge
* Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia – published by Dorling Kindersley
* Collier's Encyclopedia
* Columbia Encyclopedia – one-volume encyclopedia from Columbia University Press last published in 2000
* The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891)
* Compton's Encyclopedia – 26-volume encyclopedia
* Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
* Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences – 1728 publication by Ephraim Chambers
* Dobson's Encyclopædia – first encyclopedia printed in the United States, but mostly a reprint of the Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition
* Edinburgh Encyclopædia – 18 volumes printed and published by William Blackwood and edited by David Brewster between 1808 and 1830
* Encyclopædia Britannica – one of the best-known encyclopedias in English, online-only since 2010
* Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite – DVD version of Encyclopædia Britannica
* Encyclopædia Metropolitana – 39 volumes in 59 parts published between 1817 and 1845
* Encyclopedia Americana – both a print work and currently a part of Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
* English Cyclopaedia – 23 volumes, published 1854–1862
* English Encyclopaedia – 10 volumes, published in 1802
* Everybody's Enquire Within – illustrated book of miscellaneous knowledge issued in weekly instalments from 1937 to 1938
* Everyman's Encyclopaedia – published by Joseph Dent from 1913 as part of the Everyman's Library
* Everything2 – collaborative Web-based database of interlinked user-submitted articles
* Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia – first published in 1912; changed its name to Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia in 1931
* Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia – electronic encyclopedia published by Grolier
* Groliers Encyclopedia
* Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia – edited by John Alexander Hammerton and published 1921–22
* Hutchinson Encyclopedia – single-volume work first published in 1948
* New American Cyclopedia – 16 volumes published between 1857 and 1866
* Nupedia – peer reviewed, open content online encyclopedia project, currently inactive
* Open Site – effort inspired by, but not officially affiliated with, the Open Directory Project
* Oracle Encyclopædia – five-volume encyclopedia published in 1895
* An Outline of Modern Knowledge – published in 1931 by Victor Gollancz
* Pears Cyclopaedia – one-volume encyclopaedia published annually in the United Kingdom
* Probert Encyclopaedia – online topical encyclopedia consisting of almost 100,000 short entries, published by Mathew Probert and based in the United Kingdom
* World Book Encyclopedia – designed for family use; the world's best selling print encyclopedia

### French

* Découvertes Gallimard – illustrated encyclopaedia in pocket format, 588 volumes plus 150⁺ volumes of spin-offs, published 1986–present
* Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers – contributed by the Encyclopédistes, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, published 1751–1772

### German

* Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste – very large, unfinished 19th-century encyclopaedia by Ersch and Gruber in 167 volumes
* Brockhaus Enzyklopädie – best-known encyclopedia in German, online-only since 2014
* Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon – huge 18th-century encyclopedia by Johann Heinrich Zedler
* Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
* Oeconomische Encyclopädie – Started by Johann Georg Krünitz in 1773 and finished 1858 in 242 volumes

### Italian

* Treccani – also known as Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti

### Latin

* Lexicon Universale – published in 1698

### Persian

* The Book of Healing – 30-volume Persian-language encyclopedia published by Avicenna (Persian: ابن سینا) in 1027 (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء Kitāb al-Šifāʾ, Latin: Sufficientia)
* The Persian Encyclopedia (Persian: دایرةالمعارف فارسی) – three-volume encyclopedia edited by Gholamhossein Mosahab, partially based on the early editions of the Columbia Encyclopedia

### Polish

* Nowe Ateny – published in 1745–1746
* Universal Encyclopedia – 1859, 28 volumes, Orgelbrand
* Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN – 1962–1970, 13 volumes, PWN
* Wielka Encyklopedia PWN – 2001–2005, 31 volumes, PWN

### Portuguese

* Infopédia [pt] – since 2003
* Barsa – since 1964
* Diciopédia [pt] – 1997–2009
* Enciclopédia Verbo Luso-Brasileira de Cultura – Edição Século XXI [pt] (Verbo Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædia of Culture – 21st-Century Edition) – 1998–2009
* Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira (Grand Portuguese and Brazilian Encyclopædia) – 1936–1999
* Grande Enciclopédia Larousse Cultural [pt] (Grand Cultural Encyclopædia Larousse) – 1998
* Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cultura [pt] (Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædia of Culture) – 1963–1995
* Lello Universal – Dicionário Enciclopédico Luso-Brasileiro (Lello Universal – Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædic Dictionary)
* Conhecer (To Know) – 1966–1981, adapted from Knowledge
* Enciclopédia Mirador Internacional [pt] (International Mirador Encyclopædia) – 1976
* Enciclopédia Infantil Verbo [pt] ( Verbo Children's Encyclopædia) – 1976
* Grande Enciclopédia Delta Larousse (Delta Larousse Grand Emcyclopædia) – 1970, adapted from the Grand Larousse encyclopédique
* Focus – Enciclopédia Internacional (Focus – International Encyclopædia) – 1964
* Enciclopédia Delta Larousse (Delta Larousse Encyclopædia) – 1960, adapted from the Encyclopédie Larousse méthodique
* Trópico – Enciclopédia Ilustrada em Cores [pt] (Trópico – Colour Illustrated Encyclopædia) – 1957
* Enciclopédia Brasileira Globo [pt] (Globo Brazilian Encyclopædia) – 1943
* Tesouro da Juventude (Youth's Thesaurus) – 1920, adapted from The Children's Encyclopædia

### Russian

* Brockhaus and Efron – imperial encyclopedia in 86 volumes
* Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Большая Советская Энциклопедия) – second largest and most comprehensive encyclopedia in Russian; there were three editions; the third edition of 1969–78 contains 30 volumes
* Great Russian Encyclopedia – universal Russian encyclopedia, completed in 36 volumes (2004–2017)

### Slovak

* Slovenský náučný slovník. 3 volumes 1932. First general encyclopedia in Slovak language.
* Pyramída. Published between 1971 and 1990 in journal form (224 issues).
* Malá slovenská encyklopédia. 1 volume 1993
* Encyclopaedia Beliana. 20 planned volumes, 1999–, 9 volumes published as of 2021
* Všeobecný encyklopedický slovník. 2002, four volumes
* Slovak Wikipedia. 2003–
* Univerzum – všeobecná obrazová encyklopédia A – Ž. 1 volume, 2011

### Slovenian

* Enciklopedija Slovenije

### Spanish

* Enciclopedia Libre Universal (also known as Enciclopedia Libre) – project to create a Spanish encyclopedia using wiki software, released under the GFDL
* Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana – largest encyclopedia of its time; also known as Enciclopedia Espasa o Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe

### Swedish

* Nationalencyklopedin – encyclopedia in Swedish
* Susning.nu – project to create a Swedish-language encyclopedia using wiki software; an anyone-can-edit encyclopedia until 2004; shut down in 2009

### Turkish

* Anabritannica – published in Turkey and based on the Britannica Micropædia

### Ukrainian

* Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Українська радянська енциклопедія) – encyclopedia in Ukrainian; its first edition was 17 volumes

### Multiple languages

* Microsoft Encarta – computer-based encyclopedia published by Microsoft, now discontinued
* Wikipedia – world's largest free encyclopedia; a project to create a comprehensive encyclopedia using wiki software

## Specialized encyclopedias
### National, regional, ethnic or cultural
#### Australia

* Australian Encyclopaedia (1925, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1996)

#### Austria

* aeiou Encyclopedia (1996ff.)

#### Bangladesh

* Banglapedia – 10 volumes published in 2003; bilingual; English and Bengali

#### Brazil

* Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak [pt] – 2020
* Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras [pt] – 2001
* História Geral da Civilização Brasileira [pt] – 1960–2010
* Saga - A Grande História do Brasil [pt] – 1981
* Enciclopédia dos Municípios Piauienses [pt] – 1972
* Grandes Personagens da Nossa História [pt] – 1969
* Enciclopédia dos Municípios Brasileiros [pt] – 1957

#### Canada

* The Canadian Encyclopedia (1985 and 1988)

#### Croatia

* Hrvatska opća enciklopedija (started in 1999 – 7th vol. 2005 of 11)

#### Ethiopia

* Encyclopaedia Aethiopica – basic reference work for Ethiopian and Eritrean studies

#### Germany

* Deutsche Biographie (Biographical dictionary of Germans)

#### Iceland

* Icelandic Encyclopedia A–Ö

#### Iran

* Encyclopædia Iranica – on Iranian peoples and Persia
* Encyclopaedia Islamica
* Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
* The Encyclopedia of Iranian Old Music – published in Tehran, 2000
* Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature – published by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in Persian in Tehran
* Encyclopaedia of Shia

#### Italy

* Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Biographical dictionary of Italians) – Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

#### Malaysia

* The Encyclopedia of Malaysia – published from 1998 to 2007

#### Morocco

* Maelimat al-maghrib (Arabic: معلمة المغرب) – published between 1989 and 2006 totaling 27 volumes.

#### New Zealand

* The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–1908) – unofficial; most subjects paid to have their articles appear; online at the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
* An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand (1966–) – official
* Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (2005–) – official, incorporating the full text of An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

#### Poland

* Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland) – 2005, 10 volumes

#### Portugal

* Grande Dicionário Enciclopédico da Madeira [pt] (Grand Encyclopædic Dictionary of Madeira) – since 2016
* Enciclopédia Açoriana [pt] (Azorean Encyclopædia) – since 2008
* Elucidário Madeirense [pt] (Madeiran Glossary) – 1921–1940

#### Slovakia

* Encyklopédia Slovenska. (Encyclopedia of Slovakia) 6 volumes, 1977–1982.

#### Slovenia

* Enciklopedija Slovenije – published in 1987–2002

#### Sweden

* Nordisk familjebok – encyclopedia in Swedish

#### Ukraine

* Encyclopedia of Ukraine – English five-volume version of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies
* Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine – online version of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
* Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine – multi-volume comprehensive encyclopedia about Ukraine from the 20th and 21st centuries

#### United Kingdom

* The London Encyclopaedia – 1007-page reference of the city of London; pub. 1983

#### United States

* Encyclopedia of Chicago
* Encyclopedia of New Jersey
* The Encyclopedia of New York City
* Handbook of Texas

#### Yugoslavia

* Enciklopedija Jugoslavije
* Opća enciklopedija JLZ (1977–82)

### Field
#### Art and architecture

* Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World – in 3 volumes (1997)
* Grove Dictionary of Art – in 34 volumes (1996)

#### Entertainment

* Allgame – comprehensive online guide to computer and video games created by All Media Guide
* Allmovie – comprehensive online guide to movies created by All Media Guide
* Allmusic – comprehensive online guide to music created by All Media Guide
* The Aurum Film Encyclopedia
* The Motion Picture Guide

#### Environmental science

* Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) – electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society
* Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) – sponsored by UNESCO—an interdisciplinary encyclopedia, inspired by the sustainable development movement

#### Fashion and dress

* Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion – edited by Joanne B. Eicher, 10 volumes

#### Fiction

* The Rocklopedia Fakebandica – by T. Mike Childs, published in 2004
* The Star Trek Encyclopedia
* TV Tropes

#### History and biography

* African American National Biography
* Africana – The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience
* American National Biography
* Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography – 19th-century American encyclopedia
* Conspiracy Encyclopedia
* An Encyclopedia of World History – single-volume work; First Edition, 1940; Sixth Edition, 2001
* Encyklopedia Polski
* Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History
* Grandes Personagens da Nossa História [pt] (Great Figures of our History) – Brazilian encyclopædia published in 1969
* Grandes Personagens da História Universal [pt] (Great Figures of World History) – Brazilian encyclopædia published in 1970
* Lexikon des Mittelalters – German encyclopedia of medieval history, published in 1980
* Oxford Classical Dictionary – despite the name, a one-volume encyclopedia for antiquity

#### Law

* American Jurisprudence
* Corpus Juris Secundum
* Halsbury's Laws of Australia
* Halsbury's Laws of England
* Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia
* Encyclopedia of Law

##### International and comparative law

* Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

#### Library and Information Science

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences

#### Literature

* Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
* Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
* The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
* The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – first published in 1979 by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
* Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature
* Literary Encyclopedia (Литературная энциклопедия) – 11 volumes, 1929–39 (incomplete; 12th volume draft later published)
* The Literary Encyclopedia – online encyclopedia started in 2000
* The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural – published in 1986; edited by Jack Sullivan
* The Poets' Encyclopedia – edited by Michael Andre
* Soviet Concise Literary Encyclopedia – Soviet-era encyclopedia of literature; 9 volumes published between 1962 and 1978
* Cyrillo-Methodian Encyclopedia of the Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1985 to 2003.
* Kindlers Literature Encyclopedia – German encyclopedia about world literature. Online-only since 2009.
* Killy Literaturlexikon – German encyclopedia of German authors. Second edition in 12 volumes from 2008 to 2011.

#### Mathematics

* CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics – second edition 2002, based on Mathworld
* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics – published by Springer Verlag in 2002
* Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security – published by Springer-Verlag in 2005
* Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences - second edition published by John Wiley & Sons in 2006
* Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics (EDM2) – second edition published in 1993 by The Mathematical Society of Japan
* Klein's encyclopedia – published 1898–1935
* Mathworld – online encyclopedia by Eric Weisstein
* On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)
* planetmath

#### Medicine

* Kitab al-Tasrif (The Method of Medicine) – by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
* The Canon of Medicine – by Avicenna
* Encyclopedia of Public Health
* Medical Compendium in Seven Books – by Paul of Aegina in the 7th century CE; it was the most complete medical encyclopedia in its day
* Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

#### Music

* Eerste Nederlandse Pop Encyclopedie
* Encyclopedia of Popular Music
* The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
* International Encyclopedia of Women Composers
* Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
* The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
* Músicos do Brasil: Uma Enciclopédia Instrumental [pt] (Musicians of Brazil: an Instrumental Encyclopædia)

#### Nautical

* Bibliography of encyclopedias#Nautical dictionaries and encyclopædias

#### Philosophy

* Encyclopedia of Philosophy – edited by Paul Edwards
* Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – online encyclopedia
* Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
* Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – online encyclopedia

#### Religion
##### Christianity

* Agiologio Lusitano [pt] – 17th-century (1652–1744) Portuguese encyclopædia on hagiography and ecclesiastical matters
* The Catholic Encyclopedia – 1907–1912 (15 vls.)
* Encyclopædia Biblica
* Encyclopedia of Christianity – John Stephen Bowden, ed., 1 vol., Oxford UP, 2006
* Encyclopedia of Mormonism
* Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche – 1930–38 (10 vls.)
* New Catholic encyclopedia – 1967–96 (15 vls. and 4 supplementary vls.); 2. ed. 2003 (15 vls.)
* Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE) – ed. Gerhard Müller. 38 vls.; Berlin 1977–2007
* Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism – Hawthorn Books. 150 vls.; New York City 1958–1971

##### Islam

* Encyclopaedia Islamica
* Encyclopaedia of Imam Ali
* Encyclopaedia of Islam
* Encyclopaedia of Shia
* The Hussaini Encyclopedia
* Urdu Encyclopaedia of Islam
* Islami Bishwakosh

##### Judaism

* Encyclopaedia Judaica – published 1972–91, second edition 2006
* Jewish Encyclopedia – published 1901–06; original full 12 volumes
* Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian – 11 volumes, published 1976–2005 in Jerusalem
* Talmudic Encyclopedia
* The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe – Yale University Press, 2008

##### Hinduism

* Encyclopedia of Hinduism – published 2012

#### Science

* Encyclopedia Astronautica – reference website maintained by space-travel enthusiast Mark Wade
* Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry – Wiley, 2000, 15 volumes
* Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh
* Encyclopedia of Genetics
* Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) – owned by John Wiley & Sons; both a 20-volume print edition and an online edition
* The Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia
* McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology – also available in a one-volume edition
* The New Encyclopedia of Snakes
* Larousse Encyclopædia of Animal Life [pt]

#### Engineering
##### Chemical Engineering

* Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry – currently in its 7th edition; first edition in German available in the public domain.

#### Social sciences

* International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences – edited by Neil Smelser and Paul Baltes, 26 vls., Elsevier, 2001
* International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences – edited by David L. Sills, New York, New York (etc.); Macmillan, 1968
* International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences – edited by William A. Darity, Jr., Detroit (etc.); Macmillan Reference USA, 2008

##### Economics

* The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics – 2nd Edition (2008)

#### Sports

* The Baseball Encyclopedia
* Total Baseball, The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia – 2004, by John Thorn et al.
* World Sports Encyclopedia – 2003, Atena/MBI

#### Other

* Atlas of the Prehistoric World
* Above and Beyond: The Encyclopedia of Aviation and Space Sciences
* Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine
* Encyclopedia of Cybernetics
* Encyclopedia of Marxism – online encyclopedia released under the GNU Free Documentation License, part of the Marxist Internet Archive.
* The Grocer's Encyclopedia
* Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
* Larousse Gastronomique – encyclopedia of food and cooking
* A Military Encyclopedia
* Mining Encyclopedia
* MusicBrainz – project to create a free music encyclopedia, released under the Open Content License; the first goal is to create a database similar to CDDB
* The Oxford Companion to Wine
* Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars – encyclopedia and history of (Non-Cuban) cigars and their manufacturers (also Perelman's Pocket Cyclopaedia of Havana Cigars)
* The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia
* Pequena Enciclopédia de Moral e Civismo [pt] (Little Encyclopædia of Morality and Civism) – Brazilian state-sponsored school encyclopædia during the military dictatorship
* Encyclopedia Recipica – Encyclopedia of Recipe