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This is a list of well-known online encyclopedias that are accessible or formerly accessible on the Internet.
The largest online encyclopedias are general reference works, though there are also many specialized ones. Some online encyclopedias are editions of a print encyclopedia, such as Encyclopædia Britannica, whereas others have always existed online, such as Wikipedia.
General reference
Name | Language | Description | Status | Access | Content license | Fork of | Merged with |
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Wikipedia | Various (see list here) | General interest, wiki | Active | Free | CC BY-SA 4.0, GFDL | None | None |
Nupedia | English | Combined with GNUpedia | Defunct | None | GFDL 1.1 or later | None | None |
Interpedia | English | General interest, the first site to propose a free encyclopedia written by users | Defunct | None | Unknown | None | None |
Everipedia | English[1] | General interest | Read-only (archived) | Free[2] | CC BY 4.0 | Wikipedia | None |
Citizendium | English | General interest, wiki | Active | Free, copyleft | CC BY NC SA 3.0 | None | None |
Conservapedia[3][4] | English | American conservative and Christian interests | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Scholarpedia | English | Articles are written by scholars and peer-reviewed for accuracy | Active | Free | CC BY NC SA 3.0 | None | None |
Encyclopædia Britannica | English | General interest | Active | Limited free access and features, subscription for full access | Unknown | None | None |
Baidu Baike | Chinese | Collaborative online encyclopedia hosted by the major Chinese search engine company Baidu | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Enciklopedio Kalblanda | Esperanto | General interest. The first online encyclopedia in Esperanto | Defunct | None | CC BY SA 3.0, GFDL | None | Esperanto Wikipedia |
EcuRed | Spanish | General interest. Cuban | Active | Free | None | None | None |
Encyclopedia.com | English | General interest | Active | Free | None | None | None |
Baike.com | Chinese | General interest. China's largest wiki | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie | German | General interest | Active | Limited free access and features, subscription for full access | Unknown | None | None |
Columbia Encyclopedia | English | General interest | Active | Free[5] | Unknown | None | None |
Crnogorska Enciklopedija | Montenegrin | General interest (hopes to encourage a Montenegrin language Wikipedia) | Defunct | None | Unknown | None | None |
Croatian Encyclopedia | Croatian | General and national encyclopedia | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Den Store Danske Encyklopædi | Danish | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Digital Universe | English | Collection of articles on educational, cultural, and scientific topics | Defunct | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Doosan Encyclopedia | Korean | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Ekşi Sözlük | Turkish | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Encarta (1993–2009) | English | General interest | Defunct | None | Unknown | None | None |
Enciclonet | Spanish | General interest | Active | Limited free access and features, subscription for full access | None | None | None |
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition (1910–11) | English | General interest | Defunct | Public domain: completely free access from several online sources | None | None | None |
Encyclopedia of China | Chinese | General interest | Active | Subscription | Unknown | None | None |
Từ điển bách khoa Việt Nam | Vietnamese | General interest. State-sponsored encyclopedia. | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Encyklopedia Internautica | Polish | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español | Spanish | Fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, using wiki software, released under the GFDL | Active | Free, copyleft | Unknown | None | None |
Encyclopædia Universalis | French | General interest encyclopedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica | Active | Subscription | Unknown | None | None |
Everything2 | English | General interest, users can submit articles on the topic of essentially anything | Active | Free | None | None | None |
The Free Dictionary | English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, Russian | TheFreeDictionary's Encyclopedia draws from various sources, including The Columbia Encyclopedia. | Active | Free | None | None | None |
GNE | English | General interest articles are released under a GNU license. Formerly GNUpedia. | Defunct | None | Unknown | None | None |
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana | Catalan | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Grand Larousse encyclopédique | French | General interest | Active | Free | None | None | None |
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia | Norwegian (Bokmål) | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Great Russian Encyclopedia | Russian | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia | Russian, English | General interest, often from the former official Soviet viewpoint. | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Hamichlol | Hebrew, English | General interest, designed for Haredim | Active | Free. Copyleft: mirror of Wikipedia content; copyright: original content. | Unknown | Wikipedia | None |
Internetowa encyklopedia PWN | Polish | General interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Krugosvet (Rus. Кругосвет) | Russian | General interest. | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Marathi Vishwakosh | Marathi | General Interest | Active | Free | Unknown | None | None |
Marefa | Arabic | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_online_encyclopedias