ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Encyclopedia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for “British Encyclopaedia”), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, who have included 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition; digital content and distribution has continued since then. (source: Wikipedia)
Link : https://www.britannica.com
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia.com allows users to access information on a subject from multiple encyclopedias and dictionary sources, and has nearly 200,000 entries and 50,000 topic summaries. It provides a collection of online encyclopedias and entries from various sources, including Oxford University Press, Columbia Encyclopedia and Gale its parent company.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Link : https://www.wikipedia.org/
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing databases and from contributions by experts and non-experts throughout the world. It aims to build one “infinitely expandable” page for each species, including video, sound, images, graphics, as well as text.
Link : https://eol.org/
Banglapedia
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glapedia – the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, an intellectual output of over 1450 scholars, is so far the most comprehensive reference work on Bangladesh from high ancient period to date. In it users will have access to all branches of knowledge related to Bangladesh. Banglapedia has become a vital and indispensable companion to teachers, students, researchers, professionals, and general readers. As a reference tool, Banglapedia has received an enthusiastic response and has been acclaimed nationally and internationally.
Link : http://bn.banglapedia.org/
Scholarpedia
Scholarpedia is an English-language online wiki-based encyclopedia with features commonly associated with open-access online academic journals, which aims to have quality content. Scholarpedia articles are written by invited expert authors and are subject to peer review.
Link : www.scholarpedia.org
Webopedia
Webopedia is the most comprehensive online information technology and computer science reference for IT professionals, students, and educators. We connect researchers like you with easy-to-understand definitions for thousands of technology terms and acronyms, along with educational guides and software and hardware reviews. Webopedia is updated daily to keep pace with the fast-changing tech landscape.
Link : www.webopedia.com
Encyclopedia of Evolution
A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Readers will find brief treatments on discrete concepts and individuals to illuminating lengthy essays by towering figures in the field. Topics include: Darwin, natural selection, human origins, behavioral ecology, diversity, mathematical models, and cell and developmental biology. Special essays include Stephen Jay Gould's “Macroevolution” and Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson-Lonsdorf on “Culture in Chimpanzees.”
Link : Encyclopedia of Evolution
Glossary of Library & Information Science
Glossary of Library & Information Science is a glossary of terms and acronyms of librarianship, library science, information science, information technology, and knowledge organization & management. Consider the glossary as a free Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science. The entries of the glossary are given an encyclopedic treatment, they are far more exhaustive than a typical glossary or dictionary entry which in many cases are equivalent to an article in an Encyclopedia of Library of Information Science.
Link : www.librarianshipstudies.com