Encyclopedias & Glossaries

Dictionaries and Glossaries

FreeDictionary.com
A surprisingly rich resource. See, for example, their article on Richard of St. Victor and then click on the link to an article on the doctrine of the Trinity.

Glossary of 17th Century Biblical English
A brief dictionary to archaic words and expressions in the Authorised Version (King James). This site does not identify Its creators, their credentials, or organizational affiliation.

New Catholic Dictionary
"This is an project to put the 1910 version of the New Catholic Dictionary online. The Dictionary has thousands of short articles that clearly, simply explain aspects of Catholic life and influence. Many of the topics concern day to day things, practices and terms that are passing into obscurity, but deserve better."

New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.

Encyclopedias

Catholic Encyclopedia On-Line
"The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine. What the Church teaches and has taught; what she has done and is still doing for the highest welfare of mankind; her methods, past and present; her struggles, her triumphs, and the achievements of her members, not only for her own immediate benefit, but for the broadening and deepening of all true science, literature and art -- all come within the scope of the Catholic Encyclopedia."

Columbia Encyclopedia
"Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced."

Encyclopedia.Com
This free encyclopedia "provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps."

Encyclopedia of Psychology
The Encyclopedia of Psychology, maintained under the auspices of the Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University, "is intended to facilitate browsing in any area of psychology." It offers "original information generated by respected researchers and practitioners in various fields of psychology" and "a hierarchical database of links to websites providing information about scientific psychology." Read more > > >

Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy
"Most of the articles in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy are original contributions by specialized philosophers around the internet; these are identifiable by the author's name at the foot of the article. Others are are temporary, or proto articles, and have largely been adapted from public domain sources."
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Information Please
"Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet."

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a dynamic reference work and is a publishing project of the Metaphysics Research Lab at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University. The concept of a dynamic reference work was implemented in the design of the Encyclopedia by Edward N. Zalta (Director of the Metaphysics Research Lab). The project began when John Perry was the Director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information."

Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia being written collaboratively by contributors from around the world. Authoritativeness of the articles uncertain. Use with care. Many of the articles available at FreeDictionary.com are based on articles at Wikipedia. Read more > > >