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Printed General Encyclopedias

These encyclopedias cover all kinds of subject areas. For encyclopedias on specific subject areas, see our Subject Encyclopedias page.

In addition to the online encyclopedias on the Dictionaries and Encyclopedias page, the Libraries have print editions of the major general encyclopedias:

Title Call Number
English-languageWorld Book Encyclopedia

Grand Larousse Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia AmericanaAE5 E333
Encyclopedia Britannica AE5 E363
World Book Encyclopedia AE5 W55
Other languages
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (German) AE27 G672 1986x
Enciclopedia Barsa (Spanish) AE61 E5 1987x
Enciclopedia Hispánica (Spanish) AE61 E55 1995x
Encyclopedia Nipponica (Japanese) AE35.2 N53 1984
Encyclopedia Universalis (French) AE25 E3 1996x
Global Arabic Encyclopedia AE10.55 M39 1996x
Grand Larousse en 10 Volumes (French) AE25 G73 1995x
La Grande Encyclopédie (French) AE25 G69 1971
New Encyclopedia Britannica (Chinese) AE5 E36313 1988
Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre (Spanish) AE65 N8 1999x
La Piccola Treccani (Italian) AE35 P53 1995x

Current editions of these encyclopedias are in the Reference Collection (Alden Learning Commons, 2nd floor). Earlier editions are on the 6th floor or in the Library Annex; check ALICE for details.

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