Covers topics in linguistics, including areas of historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.

"The electronic edition of International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. In addition to the printed edition, this database of articles is enhanced by flexible search-and-retrieval facilities and by a rich variety of electronic reference links."

"Contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia originally published between 1901-1906. Topics include Jewish history, law, theology, philosophy, literature, biography, and traditions."

Designed as a "cyber-encyclopedia of Jewish history, culture, religion, and Israel. ... Significant attention has been given to documentation of US-Israeli relations and partnerships--economic, military, and strategic." Has a "large archive of key historical documents."

"An encyclopaedic guide to critical theory. Although particularly relevant to literature and linguistic studies, it may also be of interest to researchers in social sciences and humanities."

Covers world literatures in English. Provides "profiles of authors and texts, and basic knowledge on their cultural contexts." Includes major philosophers and philosophies, and information on major historical events.

Contains a variety of chemical information for 10,250 compounds (mostly organic), particularly those of medicinal interest. The information provided includes chemical, trade and common names, CAS numbers, physical and toxicity data, therapeutic and commercial uses, preparatory procedures, references to the chemical literature, and chemical structures.

"A useful list of specialized/subject encyclopedias. From refdesk.com, maintained by Bob Drudge."

3rd ed., completely rev. “This new edition ... assesses 106 national poetries, with coverage of every significant poetry tradition in the world.”

An “up-to-date, comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide to the range of issues surrounding natural and human-induced changes in the Earth's environment.”