Bibliography of encyclopedias

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This is intended to be as comprehensive as possible list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries ever published in any language. The list will not include reprinted editions but it is intended to list an alphabetical bibliography by theme and language to anything which resembles an A-Z encyclopedia or encyclopedic dictionary, both print and online. Entries are in the English language unless specifically stated as otherwise. Several entries may overlap and be listed under several different topics. For a simple list without bibliographic information see List of encyclopedias.

Archaeology

• Lobban, Richard (2004). Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4784-2. 

Architecture and architects

Art

Astronomy

Aviation

Biography (general)

Books

• Sonnenschein, William Swan (1891). The Best Books (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. ^[1]

Business, information and economics

Cuisine

Education

• Ohles, John F. (1978). Biographical Dictionary of American Educators. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8371-9893-4. 
• Ohles, Frederik; Ohles, Shirley M.; Ramsay, John G. (1997). Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-29133-3. 

Film and television

General reference (in English)

• Brady, Ciaran (2000), Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Ireland, Oxford, Helicon, 384 pages. ISBN 978-1859863206.
• Chamber's Encyclopedia. Oxford and New York: Pergamon. 1923. ^[2]
• Girling, D. A. (1978). Everyman's Encyclopaedia. Dent. ISBN 978-0-460-04098-3. 
• Encyclopedia Americana. Chicago: Encyclopedia Americana. 1918-1920.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[3]
• Encyclopedia Britannica (12th ed.). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. 1922. ^[4]
• Goetz, Philip W.; McHenry, Robert; Hoiberg, Dale, eds (2010). Encyclopedia Britannica, 32 vols (15th ed.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. ISBN 1-59339-292-3. . Subscription-based online access is available.
• Grolier Incorporated (1998). Academic American Encyclopedia. Grolier Inc. ISBN 978-0-7172-2068-7. 
• Lieber, Francis (1831), Encyclopedia Americana 
• Ekman, Arne (2000). Nationalencyklopedin: ett uppslagsverk på vetenskaplig grund utarbetat på initiativ av Statens kulturråd. Bra Böcker. ISBN 978-91-7133-736-8.  (Swedish). A subscription-based online version is also available.
• Hutchinson, ed., (2007) Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Hodder & Stoughton, 1,062 pages. ISBN 0340886900.
• The Book of Knowledge. New York: Grolier. 1912. ^[5]

Encyclopedias by country/region

Albania

• Hoxha, Abaz (1 January 1999). Enciklopedi E Kinematografise Shqiptare (in Albanian). Seksioni i Akademisë Shqiptaro-Amerikane të Shkencave dhe Arteve. ISBN 978-99927-643-0-5. 
• Meçaj, Nasip; Çelaj, Xhemil; Toçi, Fatmir (2009). Enciklopedi e Kurveleshit (in Albanian). Botimet Toena. ISBN 978-99943-1-496-6. Retrieved 19 September 2012. 
• Pango, Apostol (2002). Enciklopedia e Delvinës dhe e Sarandës (in Albanian). Botimet Toena. ISBN 978-99927-1-597-0. Retrieved 19 September 2012. 
• Plaku, Zylyftar (2009). Berati enciklopedi (in Albanian). SHB "Jonalda". ISBN 978-99943-751-8-9. 
• Tole, Vasil S. (2001). Folklori muzikor: Enciklopedia e muzikës popullore shqiptare (in Albanian). Shtëpia Botuese e Librit Universitar. 
• Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar (in Albanian). Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH. 1985. 

Arab world

• Ameri, Anan; Ramey, Dawn; Services, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social (2000). Arab American encyclopedia. U X L. ISBN 978-0-7876-2952-6. 
• Armes, Roy (23 August 2010). Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35518-8. 
• Delgado, Jorge Lirola; Vílchez, José Miguel Puerta; Árabes, Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudios (2009). Biblioteca de al-Andalus. Fundación Ibn Tufayl de Estudios Árabes. ISBN 978-84-934026-6-2.  (Spanish)
• Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia Of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3. 
• Khallikān, Ibn (1871). Ibn Khallikan's biographical dictionary. Printed for the Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland. 
• Marzolph, Ulrich; Leeuwen, Richard Van; Wassouf, Hassan (2004). The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-204-2. 
• Mattar, Philip (1 January 2005). Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-6986-6. 
• Oweis, Fayeq (2008). Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-33730-7. 
• Rāshid, Rushdī; Morelon, Régis (1996). Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-12410-2. 
• Reich, Bernard (1996). An Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27374-2. 
• Tucker, Spencer C.; Roberts, Priscilla Mary (12 May 2008). The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-842-2. 
• Versteegh, Kees (December 2008). Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-14476-7. 

Australia

• Horton, David; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture. Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. ISBN 978-0-85575-250-7. 

Brazil

• Jackson, W. M., ed. (1919). Encyclopedia e diccionario internacional (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Lisboa. ^[6]

Cape Verde

• Lobban, Richard Andrew; Lobban, Richard; Saucier, Paul Khalil (2007). Historical dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4906-8. 

Chad

• Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical dictionary of Chad. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3253-4. 

Czech Republic

• Ottův slovník naučny (in Czech). V Praze: Otto. 1888-1909.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[7]

Denmark

• Bang, J., ed. (1977). Gyldendals tibinds leksikon 1-10 + supplement. ISBN 978-87-00-55391-0.  (Danish)
• Gyldendal (to present), Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, a general purpose encyclopedia based on Gyldendals tibinds leksikon freely accessible online. (Danish)
• Hagerups Illustrerede Konversations Leksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). Copenhagen: Hagerup. 1892-1900.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[8]
• Hartmann, Sys (2000). Weilbach - Dansk Kunstnerleksikon. Munksgaard. ISBN 978-87-16-11206-4.  (Danish). The work contains the biographies of some 8,000 Danish artists and architects. A freely accessible online version is available.
• Jensen, Jensen, Hansson, Finn, Langergaard, Luise Li, Busch, Busch (editorial committee) (1998 to present): Leksikon for det 21. århundrede (Encyclopedia for the 21st century). Freely accessible online. Based on the socialist Pax Leksikon from Norway but now expanded to over 3,200 articles. (Danish)^[9]
• Langer, Torben W. (1969). Lademanns leksikon. 22 vols. Lademann. ISBN 978-87-15-06000-7.  (Danish)
• Salmonsens Koversationsleksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). V Praze: Otto. 1893-1911.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[10]

Djibouti

• Alwan, Daoud Aboubaker; Mibrathu, Yohanis (2000). Historical Dictionary of Djibouti. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3873-4. 

Eritrea

• Connell, Dan; Killion, Tom (14 October 2010). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7505-0. 
• Prouty, Chris; Rosenfeld, Eugene (1994). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2663-2. 

Estonia

• Estonian Institute (2000 to present): Estonica, freely accessible online encyclopedia about Estonia.

France

• Diderot, Denis, et al., ed. (1751-1765). Encyclopedie (in French). Paris: Briasson, etc.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[11]
• La grande encyclopedie (in French). Paris: Lamirault. 1886-1902.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[12]
• Larousse, Pierre, ed. (1865-1890). Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siecle ... (in French). Paris: Larousse.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[13]

Germany

• Ersch, J. S. and J. G. Gruber, ed. (1818-1889). Allegemeine Encclopadie der Wissenschaften und Kunste (in German). Leipzig: Brockhaus.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[14]
• Der Grosse Brockhaus (in German) (13th ed.). Aufl. Wiesbaden: Brokhaus. ^[15]
• Der Grosse Herder (in German) (1st ed.). Freiburg: Herder. 1854-1857.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[16]
• Grosses vollstandiges Universal=Lexicon (in German). Halle: J. H. Zedler. 1732-1750.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[17]
• Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Leipzig, Mannheim: Var. 1840-1855-.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[18]

Guinea

• O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E. (16 March 2005). Historical Dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6545-7. 

Guinea-Bissau

• Lobban, Richard; Mendy, Peter Karibe Michael; Mendy, Peter Michael Karibe (1997). Historical dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3226-8. 

Hungary

• Révai nagy lexikona (in Hungarian). Budapest: Révai Testvérek Irodalmi Intézet Részvénytársaság. 1911-1935.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[19]

Iceland

• Halfdanarson, Gudmundur (23 October 2008). Historical Dictionary of Iceland. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6274-6. 

Niger

• Idrissa, Abdourahmane; Decalo, Samuel (1 June 2012). Historical Dictionary of Niger. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7090-1. 

Poland

• Benedykt Chmielowski, ed. (1745-1746). Nowe Ateny Albo Akademiia Wszelkiej Sciencyi Pełna, Na Różne Tytuły Jak Na Classes Podzielona, Mądrym Dla Memoryjału, Idiotom Dla Nauki, Politykom Dla Praktyki, Melankolikom Dla Rozrywki Erygowana (in Polish). Lviv (Lwów).  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[20]
• Ignacy Krasicki, ed. (1781). Zbiór potrzebniejszych wiadomości (in Polish). Warsaw: Michael Gröll. ^[21]
• Samuel Orgelbrand, ed. (1859-1868). S.Orgelbranda Encyklopedia Powszechna (1859) (in Polish). 28 vols. Warsaw: Orgelbrand.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[22]
• Hipolit and Mieczysław Orgelbrand (Samuel Orgelbrand), ed. (1872-1876). S.Orgelbranda Encyklopedia Powszechna (1872) (in Polish). 12 vols. Warsaw: Orgelbrand.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[23]
• Encyklopedia ogólna wiedzy ludzkiej (in Polish). 12 vols. Warsaw. 1872-1877.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Hipolit and Mieczysław Orgelbrand (Samuel Orgelbrand), ed. (1898-1912). Orgelbranda Encyklopedia powszechna z ilustracjami i mapami (1898) (in Polish). 16 + 2 vols. Warsaw: Orgelbrand.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[24]
• Encyklopedia Powszechna Kieszonkowa (in Polish). Warsaw: Nakład druk i własność Noskowskiego. 1888. 
• Zygmund Gloger, ed. (1900-1903). Encyklopedia staropolska ilustrowana (in Polish). 4 vols. Warsaw: P. Laskauer i W. Babicki.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[25]
• Saturnin Sikorski, ed. (1890-1914). Wielka encyklopedia powszechna ilustrowana (in Polish). 55 vols. Warsaw: Saturnin Sikorski.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[26][27][28]
• Encyklopedia podręczna ilustrowana według 2 najnowszego wydania "Macierzy Polskiej" we Lwowie, uzupełniona i opracowana do użytku naszych czytelników (in Polish). 4 vols. Warsaw. 1906. 
• Encyklopedia popularna ilustrowana treść wszystkich gałęzi wiedzy ludzkiej, podana przystępnie (in Polish). 4 vols. Warsaw. 1909-1912.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Trzaska, Evert I Michalski, ed. (1925-1938). Ilustrowana encyklopedia (in Polish). 6 vols.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Encyklopedia Powszechna Ultima Thule (in Polish). 10 vols. Warsaw. 1927-1939.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Wielka ilustrowana encyklopedia powszechna (in Polish). 20 vols. Cracow (Krakow): Gutenberg, Helge Fergo. 1929-1938.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[29]
• Wielka encyklopedia powszechna PWN (in Polish). 12 + 1 vols. Warsaw: PWN. 1962-1969.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (in Polish). 4 + 1 vols. Warsaw: PWN. 1973-1976.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Britannica (Encyclopedia Britannica - polish edition) (in Polish). 49 vols. Warsaw: Kurpisz S.A. 1997-2005.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Wielka encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). 31 vols. Warsaw: PWN. 2001-2005.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Encyklopedia białych plam (in Polish). 20 vols. Warsaw: Polskie Wydawnictwo Encyklopedyczne. 2000-2006.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Nowa encyclopedia powszechna PWN (in Polish). 8 vols. Warsaw: PWN. 2004. 
• Popularna encyklopedia powszechna (in Polish). 20 + 1 vols. Fogra. 1994-1998.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (2009) (in Polish). 30 vols. Warsaw: PWN. 2009-2010.  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Wielka encyklopedia Oxford (in Polish). 20 vols. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Polskie Media Amer.Com, E.M. Studio. 2008. 
• Encyklopedia nowej generacji E2.0 (in Polish). Warsaw: PWN. 2008. 

Russia/Soviet Union

• Novyi entsiklopedischeskii slovar' (in Russian). Leipzig: Izdateli F. A. Brokgaus. 1912-1917?.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[30]

Sudan

• Lobban, Richard (2004). Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4784-2. 
• Lobban, Richard; Kramer, Robert S.; Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (2002). Historical dictionary of the Sudan. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4100-0. 

Genealogy

Heraldry

• Burke, John Bernard (1884). The General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland. London: Harrison. ^[31]
• Fairbairn, James (1923). Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (4th rev. ed.). Edinburgh: Jack. ^[32]
• Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1915). The Book of Public Arms. London and Edinburgh: Jack. ^[33]
• Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (1884-1887). Armorial general (in French). Gouda: van Goor.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[34]
• Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (1903-1926). Armoires des familles contenues dans l'Armorial general. Paris: Inst. Heraldique Universel.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[35]

Orders and decorations

• Burke, John Bernard (1858). The Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour of All Nations. London: Hurst and Blackett. ^[36]
• Harris, Nicholas (1842). History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire. London: Hunter. ^[37]
• Wyllie, Robert E. (1921). Orders, Decorations and Insignia, Military and Civil. New York, London: Putnam. ^[38]

Geography

Health

• Accomasso, V. (1995). Enciclopedia della medicina. Vallardi A. ISBN 978-88-11-93806-4.  (Italian)
• Ammer, Christine (1997). Gesundheitslexikon der Frau: Anatomie, Diagnose, Therapie, Medikamente, Hormone, Sexualität, Schwangerschaft und Geburt, Seelische Gesundheit. Dt. Taschenbuch-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-423-36014-2.  (German)
• Axt-Gadermann, Michaela (2005). Bertelsmann, Das grosse Gesundheitslexikon. Wissen-Media-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-577-10373-2.  (German)
• Baert, Albert L. (2007). Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-35278-5. 
• Beers, Mark H.; Fletcher, Andrew J. (2008). Encyclopédie médicale: Le Manuel Merck. Larousse. ISBN 978-2-03-582305-2.  (French)
• Breslow, Lester (2002). Encyclopedia of Public Health. MacMillan USA. ISBN 978-0-02-865350-1. 
• Bullough, Vern L. (2001). Encyclopedia of Birth Control. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-181-6. 
• Fermie, Peter; Shepherd, Stephen; Kelly, Robert F. (2004). Family Health Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Whole Family's Health Needs. Lorenz Books. ISBN 978-0-7548-1162-6. 
• Gullotta, Thomas P.; Bloom, Martin (2003). Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer. ISBN 978-0-306-47296-1. 
• Hamburger, Jean; Méry, Jean-Philippe; Leporrier, Michel (1981). Petite encyclopédie médicale: guide de pratique médicale. Flammarion. 1,421 pages.  (French)
• Jacoby, David B.; Youngson, R. M. (2004). Encyclopedia Of Family Health. Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 978-0-7614-7486-9. 
• Kipman, Simon-Daniel (2005). Dictionnaire critique des termes de psychiatrie et de santé mentale. Wolters Kluwer France. ISBN 978-2-7040-1163-6.  (French)
• Langer, Jerk W. (2009). Politikens bog om barnets sygdomme. Gyldendals Bogklubber. ISBN 978-87-03-03314-3.  (Danish)
• Loue, Sana; Sajatovic, Martha (2008). Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-33753-1. 
• Loue, Sana; Sajatovic, Martha (2012). Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4419-5659-0. 
• Lovejoy, Frederick H. (1987). The New child health encyclopedia: the complete guide for parents. Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0-385-29541-3. 
• Navarra, Tova (2004). The Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2103-1. 
• Ohm, Christian; Curic, Anton (1999). Gesundheitslexikon von A - Z.: 3000 verständlich formulierte Einträge zu Krankheiten und ihren Symptomen, Naturheilverfahren und Vorsorge.. Eco Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-933468-52-9.  (German)
• QA International Collectif (2010). L'encyclopédie Familiale de la Santé: Comprendre, Prévenir, Soigner. Québec Amerique. ISBN 978-2-7644-0865-0.  (French)
• Quevauvilliers, Jacques; Perlemuter, Léon; Perlemuter, Gabriel (2009). Dictionnaire médical de l'infirmière. Elsevier Masson. ISBN 978-2-9941008-0-5.  (French)
• Reiche, Dagmar (2003). Roche-Lexikon Medizin. Urban & Fischer. ISBN 978-3-437-15180-4.  (German)
• Reuter, Peter (2004). Springer Lexikon Medizin. Springer DE. ISBN 978-3-540-20412-1.  (German)
• Rizzoli (2001). Grande Enciclopedia Rizzoli della Salute e del Benessere. Con 6 CD-ROM. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-88-17-93198-4.  (Italian)
• Ronzio, Robert A. (2003). The Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Good Health. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-6630-8. 
• Rothenberg, Robert E. (1984). Enciclopedia Medica Garzanti. Garzanti.  (Italian)
• Turkington, Carol; Mitchell, Deborah R. (2010). The Encyclopedia of Alzheimer's Disease. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2858-0. 
• U.S. National Library Medicine (2012): MedlinePlus including the freely accessible Medical Encyclopedia.
• Wagman, Richard J., ed. (1987). The medical and health encyclopedia. J.G. Ferguson Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-89434-077-2. 

Sex

History

Language

• Brown, E. K.; Asher, R. E.; Simpson, J. M. Y. (2006). Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-044299-0. 
• Crystal, David (2010), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, Cambridge University Press, 524 pages. ISBN 9780521736503.
• Frawley, William J. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8. 
• McArthur, Tom (ed) (1992), The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford University Press, 1,184 pages. ISBN 9782643451838.

Literature

• Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1870). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Berlin: Mittler. ^[39]
• Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1899). Reader's Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories, and Poems. London: Lippincott. ^[40]
• Cousin, John W. (1 March 2003). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7661-4348-7. 
• Gubernatis, Angelo de (1905). Dictionnaire international des escrivains du monde latin (in Italian). Rome: Auteur. ^[41]
• Keller, Helen Rex (1929). Reader's Digest of Books. New York: Macmillan. ^[42]
• Powell, John (2001). Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30422-4. 
• Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena (in Spanish). Andres Bello. 
• Ranke, Kurt; Bausinger, Hermann; Brednich, Rolf Wilhelm (2010). Enzyklopädie des Märchens (Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-023767-2.  (German)
• Samiuddin, Abida (1 August 2007). Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Urdu Literature (2 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing Ho. ISBN 978-81-8220-191-0. 

American literature

• Alderman, E. A. and J. C. Harris (1908-1923). Library of southern literature. New Orleans: Martin and Hoyt.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[43]
• Duyckinck, Evert Augustus and Duyckinck, G. I. (1875). Cyclopedia of American literature. Philadelphia: Baxter. ^[44]
• Stedman, Edmund Clarence and Hutchinson, Ellen MacKay (1891). Library of American literature from the earliest settlement to the present time. New York: Webster. ^[45]

Authors

• Allibone, Samuel Austin (1858). Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. Philadelphia: Lippincott. ^[46]
• Gubernatis, Angelo de (1905). Dictionnaire international des ecrivains du monde latin (in Latin). Rome: Auteur. ^[47]

Norwegian authors

• Halvorsen, Jens Braage (1905). Norsk forfatter-lexikon, 1814-1880 (in Norwegian). Kristiana: Norske Forlagsforening. ^[48]

Shakespeare

• Stokes, Francis Griffin (1905). Dictionary of the characters and proper names in the works of Shakespeare. London: Harrap. ^[49]

Belgium and Netherlands

• Fredericks, Johann Godefridus and Branden, F. J. van den (1888-1892). Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Veen.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[50]

Danish literature

• Eslew, Thomas Hansen (1843-1853). Almindeligt Fofatter-Lexicon for Kongeriget Danmark med tillhørende Bilande, fra 1814 til 1840 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Forlagsforeningens Forlag.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[51]

Epics and romances

• British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts (1883-1910). Catalogue of romances in the Dept. of Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: Trustees.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[52]
• Guerber, Helene Adeline (1919). Book of the epic. London: Harrap. ^[53]
• Spence, Lewis (1913). Dictionary of medieval romance and romance writers. New York: Dutton. ^[54]

French literature

• Niceron, Jean-Pierre (1727-1745). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la république des lettres (in French). Paris: Briasson.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[55]

German literature

• Brümmer, Franz (1913). Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn der 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Aufl. Leipzig: Reclam. ^[56]
• Goedeke, Karl (1884-1966). Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen (in German). Aufl. Dresden: Ehlermann.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[57]
• Kürschners deutscher Literatur-Kalendar (in German). Berlin: W. de Gruyter. 1879-.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[58]

Irish literature

• Brown, Stephen James (1919). Ireland in fiction. Dublin, London: Maunsel. ^[59]
• O'Donoghue, David James (1912). The poets of Ireland. Dublin: Figgis. ^[60]

Russian literature

• Vengerov, Semen Afanas'evich (1900-1917). Istochniki slovakia russkikh pisatelei (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Tip. Imp. Akademia Nauk.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[61]

Music and dance

• Bayo, Javier (1997). Dicionario biográfico de la danza (in Spanish). Lib Deportivas Esteban Sanz. ISBN 978-84-85977-62-8. 
• Bekker, Leander Jan De (February 2010). Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians Covering the Entire Period of Musical History from the Earliest Times to the Season Of 1908-09. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 978-1-143-26991-2. 
• Blume, Friedrich; Finscher, Ludwig, ed. (2007): Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Kassel, Bärenreiter, 26 volumes (subjects 10 volumes, biographies 17 volumes, index), ISBN 9783476410221. (German)
• Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of punk music and culture. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33340-8. 
• Hindley, Geoffrey (1994). Larousse Encyclopedia of Music. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-1-56619-571-3. 
• Horn, David; Laing, Dave; Oliver, Paul; Wicke, Peter (30 January 2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 Media, Industry, Society. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8264-6321-0.  Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
• Hubbard, W. L. (30 March 2005). The American History and Encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies Part Two. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4179-0713-7. 
• Kuhn, Laura Diane (November 1999). Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music: A-G. Schirmer Books. ISBN 978-0-02-865415-7. 
• McNeil, W. K. (29 September 2005). Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-94179-2. 
• The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford University Press. 4 January 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-992083-9. 
• Moskowitz, David Vlado (2006). Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33158-9. 
• Norman Lloyd (June 1968). The Golden Encyclopedia of Music. Golden Press. 
• Perone, James E. (2005). Woodstock: An Encyclopedia Of The Music and Art Fair. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33057-5. 
• Sadie, Stanley; Latham, Alison (1994): The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music, W. W. Norton, 1994, 909 pages. ISBN 9780393037531.
• Sadie, Stanley (1995), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 20 volumes, Oxford, Grove's Dictionaries of Music Inc, 180,000 pages, over 29,000 articles. ISBN 978-1561591749 (paperback) or ISBN 978-0-333-19174-3. Online access to the work as a component of Grove Music Online is available by subscription.
• Wade-Matthews, Max; Thompson, Wendy (16 January 2010). The Encyclopedia of Music: Instruments of the Orchestra and the Great Composers. Southwater. ISBN 978-1-84476-892-9. 
• Vignal, Marc, ed. (1996): Dictionnaire de la musique, Larousse-Bordas, 2 vols, 2,059 pages. ISBN 978-2037500135. (French)

Dance

• Chujoy, Anatole; Manchester, Phyllis Winifred (1967). The Dance Encyclopedia. Touchstone.  992 pages. ISBN 978-0671240271
• Cohen, Selma Jean, ed. (1998, new edition 2004), The International Encyclopedia of Dance, Oxford University Press, 2,000 articles, 6 vols, 4,048 pages. ISBN 978-0195173697. Subscription-based access to the online version (2012), eISBN 9780195187632.

Philology

Philologists

• Biogaphisches Jahrbuch für Alterumskunde (in German). Berlin: Calvary. 1879-1898.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[62]
• Biogaphisches Jahrbuch für Alterumskunde (in German). Leipzig: Reisland. 1899-1944.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[63]

Philosophy

• Ast, Friedrich (1835-1838). Lexicon Platonicum. Lipsiae: Weidmann.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[64]
• Baldwin, James Mark (1901-1905). Dictionary of philosophy and psychology. New York: Macmillan.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[65]
• Blanc, Elie (1906). Dictionnaire de philosophie ancienne, moderne and contemporaine (in French). Paris: Lethielleux. ^[66]
• Eisler, Rudolf (1922). Handworterbuch der Philosophie (in German). Berlin: Mittler. ^[67]
• Eisler, Rudolf (1889). Worterbuch der philosophischen Begriffe (in German). Berlin: Mittler. ^[68]

Politics and law

• Jiles, Elena Caffarena de (1959). Diccionario de jurisprudencia Chilena (in Spanish). Editorial Jurídica de Chile. 
• Foerstel, Karen (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30290-9. 
• Joignant, Alfredo; Díaz, Francisco Javier; Navia, Patricio (22 February 2012). Diccionario de la política chilena (in Spanish). Sudamericana. ISBN 978-956-262-383-4. 
• Lane, A. T. (1995). Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-29899-8. 
• Wigfall, Patricia Moss; Kalantari, Behrooz (2001). Biographical Dictionary of Public Administration. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30203-9. 

Printing and Publishing

• Duff, E. Gordon (1905). Century of the English Book Trade ... 1457-1557. London: Bibliographical Society. ^[69]
• Fumagalli, Giuseppe (1905). Lexicon typographicum Italiae (in Italian). Florence: Olschki. ^[70]
• Lepreux, Georges (1909-1914). Gallia typographica (in French). Paris: Champion.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[71]
• McKerrow, R. B. (1910). Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640. London: Bibliographical Society. ^[72]
• Plomer, H. R. (1907). Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland, from 1641 to 1667. London: Bibliographical Society. ^[73]

Proverbs

• Apperson, George Latimer (1929). English proverbs and proverbial phrases. London: Dent. ^[74]

Psychology

• Sheehy, Noel (30 July 2002). Biographical Dictionary of Psychology. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-28561-2. 

Quotations

• Bartlett, John (1855). Familiar Quotations. ^[75]
• Benham, William Gurney (1907). Benham's Book of quotations, proverbs, and household words. ^[76]
• Hoyt, Jehiel Keeler (1882). Hoyt's new cyclopedia of practical quotations drawn from the speech and literature of all nations, ancient and modern, classic and popular, in English and foreign text. Berlin: Mittler. ^[77]

Arabic and Persian

• Field, Claud (1911). Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (Arabic and Persian). New York: Macmillan. ^[78]

Chinese

• Ch'êng yü k'ao; A Manual of Chinese quotations. Hong Kong: Kelly and Walsh. 1903. ^[79]

French

• Harbottle, Thomas Benfield and P. H. Dalbiac (1901). Dictionary of quotations (French and Italian). New York: Macmillan. ^[80]

German

• Büchmann, Georg (1866). Geflügelte Worte. ^[81]
• Dalbiac, Lilian (1906). Dictionary of quotations (German) with author and subject indexes. New York: Macmillan. ^[82]

Italian

• Finzi, Giuseppe (1902). Dizionario di citazioni latine ed italiane. Milano: Sandron. ^[83]
• Fumagalli, Giuseppe (1914-1918). Chi l'ha detto?.  Check date values in: |date= (help)^[84]

Latin and Greek

• Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1906). Dictionary of quotations (classical). London: Sonnenschein. ^[85]
• Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1895). Beautiful thoughts from Greek authors, with English translations. London: Routledge. ^[86]
• Ramage, Craufurd Tait (1895). Beautiful thoughts from Latin authors, with English translations. London: Routledge. ^[87]

Spanish

• Harbottle, Thomas Benfield and Hume, Martin (1907). Dictionary of Quotations (Spanish) with subject and authors' index. New York: Macmillan. ^[88]

Religion

Science

General

• McGraw-Hill Book Company (2002). McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-913665-7. . Subscription-based online access is available.
• Ogilvie, M. (6 July 2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN 978-0-415-92038-4. 
• Smelser, Neil J; Baltes, Paul B, ed. (2001): International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 26 volumes, Oxford: Elsevier. Contains 4,000 articles on a wide range of subjects. ISBN 978-0-08-043076-8. Various subsciption-based online access facilities available.

Biology

• Cullen, Katherine E. (2009). Encyclopedia of Life Science. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-7008-4. 
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. 25 May 2007. ISBN 978-0-470-06651-5. 
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Groves Dictionaries Incorporated. 1 November 2001. ISBN 978-1-56159-238-8. 
• Roberts, Keith (2007). Handbook of plant science. John Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-05723-0. 

Animals

Horses

• Hendricks, Bonnie L.; Dent, Anthony A. (30 August 2007). International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8061-3884-8. 

Environment

• Alexander, David E.; Fairbridge, Rhodes Whitmore (1999). Encyclopedia Of Environmental Science. Springer. ISBN 978-0-412-74050-3. 
• Chesworth, Ward (December 2007). Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Springer. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-4020-3994-2. 
• Jawadekar, N. (1 January 2007). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. SBS Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-89741-51-8. 
• Kusky, Timothy M.; Cullen, Katherine E. (2010). Encyclopedia of Earth and Space Science. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2859-7. 
• McGraw-Hill Book Company (1980). McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science. McGraw-Hill Books Co. ISBN 978-0-07-045264-0. 
• McGraw-Hill (2005). McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of environmental science. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-143951-0. 
• Mongillo, John F.; Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda (2000). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. University Rochester Press. ISBN 978-1-57356-147-1. 
• Parker, Sybil P.; Corbitt, Robert A.; inc, McGraw-Hill, (December 1993). McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science & engineering. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-051396-9. 
• Pfafflin, James R.; Ziegler, Edward N. (13 January 2006). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fifth Edition, Volumes One and Two. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-9843-8. 

Sociology

• Kagan, Jerome; Gall, Susan B. (1998). The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence. Gale. ISBN 978-0-8103-9884-9. 
• Nordegren, Thomas (1 March 2002). The A-Z Encyclopedia of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 978-1-58112-404-0. 
• Helen Rappaport (2001). Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers. ABC-CLIO. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-57607-101-4. Retrieved 19 October 2012. 
• George Ritzer (2007), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Malden, Mass; Oxford, Blackwell, 6,384 pages. ISBN 1405124334. An online version is also accessible by subscription.
• Thompson, William Norman (2001). Gambling in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Issues, and Society. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-159-5. 

Speech and rhetoric

• Brewer, David Josiah and others (1901). World's best orations. St. Louis: Kaiser. ^[89]

Sport

• Porter, David L. (2000). Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-31175-8. 

Snooker and billiards

• Morrison, Ian (1985). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Hamlyn. ISBN 978-0-600-50192-3. 
• Shamos, Michael Ian (1 October 2002). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards. The Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1-58574-685-9. 

Technology and engineering

• Narayanan, V. K.; O'Connor, Gina Colarelli (15 March 2010). Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation Management. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-6049-0. 
• Skempton, A. W. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500-1830. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-2939-2. 

Citations

References

• Sheehy, Eugene P., ed. (1986). Guide to Reference Books (Tenth ed.). Chicago and London: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0390-8.