38 Online Encyclopedias

Academic Kids Online Encyclopedia

ArtCylopedia- art

The Cambridge History of English & American Literature- from Bartleby.com

Classic Encyclopedia- based on the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britanica

The Columbia Encyclopedia - 50,000 entries

Cooking Encyclopedia- covers thousands of ingredients & herbs

The Costume Gallery Encyclopedia

Dinosauria Online

Educypedia- "the educational encyclopedia"; covers scientific and educational material

EmTech Encyclopedias & Glossaries Listing- long list

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia.com - more than 14,000 articles

Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Encyclopedia Mythica-mythology, folklore and religion

Encyclopedia of New Jersey- limited preview of the book from Google Books

Encyclopedia of Psychology

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia of Television

Encyclopedia Titanica- all about the Titanic

Home Improvement Encyclopedia- Better Homes & Gardens

Infoplease Encyclopedia and Dictionary-more than 57,000 articles

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy- "peer-reviewed academic resource"

Internet Mental Health-online encyclopedia of mental health contains descriptions of illnesses, medications; click on "glossary" for definitions

LookLex Encyclopaedia - covers North Africa & the Middle East

Mashpedia- multi-source encyclopedia

An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

The Open Music Encyclopedia

Plant Encyclopedia- from Better Homes & Gardens

Prime Mathematics Encyclopedia

The Rudiments of Wisdom Cartoon Encyclopedia

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

TechEncyclopedia -over 20,000 IT terms

Toonopedia- find all your favorite cartoon characters here

Wikipedia -free encyclopedia

Wolfram Mathworld- over 13,000 entries

World Book Encyclopedia

38 Different Types of Online Dictionaries

Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary- 3,000 terms defined

Answers.com- the best definitions & explanations for over one million topics!

ArtLex Art Dictionary- contains over 3600 terms, with images, quotations & cross referencing.

Babelfish -translate a block of text into 36 languages

Biographical Dictionary

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America

Computer Dictionary- over 14,00 computer-related terms

Dictionary.com

Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Dinosaur & Paleontology Dictionary -from A to Z

Dream Dictionary

EmTech Dictionary Listing -extensive list of dictionaries

ESL-EFL Dictionary

High Tech Dictionary

Hometown Locator -Location information for 1.8 million physical and cultural features with links to maps and aerial photos

How Many? -dictionary of units of measurement

IdiomDictionary- 5,000 idioms

Infoplease Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary Search gives you access to more than 125,000 complete, precisely defined entries.

Internet Picture Dictionary-choose from English, French, Spanish German or Italian

The Linguist List -dictionaries (extensive)

Little Explorers- picture dictionary with links; thirteen different languages to choose

Math Dictionary

Medical Dictionary

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Music Dictionary

Netlingo, the Internet Dictionary

OneLook Dictionary Search-over 19 million words indexed

Online Etymology Dictionary- explanations of what words mean and "how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago."

Rhyme Zone -rhyming dictionary & thesaurus

A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

United States Gazetteer- from the U.S. Census Bureau

Visual Dictionary Online- with 15 major themes and 6,000 images, this is a great interactive dictionary from Merriam-Webster.

Visuwords- online graphical dictionary

Voycabulary-online Web dictionary and thesaurus word linking tool; twenty-nine languages!

Webopedia -dictionary of Internet and web jargon

Wordia- words are brought to life through video

Write Express Rhyming Dictionary

Your Dictionary.com -translate foreign languages