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  1. Wikipedia | Definition, Encyclopedia, History, & Facts ...

    3 days ago · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia uses …

  2. Alphabetical Browse | Britannica

    Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

  3. Characteristics of an encyclopedia | Britannica

    Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest English-language general encyclopaedia. The Encyclopædia Britannica was first published in 1768, when it began to appear in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  4. Wiki | Definition & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 17, 2025 · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia …

  5. Encyclopaedia - Encyclopaedias in general | Britannica

    Oct 30, 2025 · Outstanding examples of the 20th century include The Columbia Encyclopedia, the Petit Larousse, Hutchinson’s New Twentieth Century Encyclopedia, and the Random House Encyclopedia.

  6. Encyclopaedia - The kinds of encyclopaedias | Britannica

    Oct 30, 2025 · The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998), edited by Edward Craig, was the first multivolume encyclopaedia published in the discipline in more than 30 years, and it was also made …

  7. British Empire Timeline - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Timeline of major events in the history of the British Empire. This worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—was brought under the sovereignty of …