Please
note:
Links marked with an asterisk (*)
can only be accessed within the Rice network, or if your own
institution subscribes to these sources, which is most likely
if you are an academic visitor. Many of the following sources
can, however, be accessed freely without subscription. While
using any of these sources, please keep in mind U.S. and international
laws on copyright and intellectual property.
Encyclopedia
Britannica*
Routledge Encyclopedia
of Philosophy*
(the most detailed encyclopedia of philosophy and allied subjects —
regularly updated & fully searchable — articles written by leading
specialists)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(excellent encyclopedia of philosophy)
Dictionary
of Literary Biography*
Grove Dictionary
of Art*
(solid scholarly articles written by professional art historians —
covers artists, architects, places, regions, countries, styles, genres,
epochs, movements, motifs, and concepts — detailed bibliographical
references — includes the Bridgman online image library)
Grove
Dictionary of Music*
Dictionary
of the History of Ideas
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas*
German and European Politics and Public Policy
(set of online encyclopedias hosted by the German Bundeszentrale für
politische Bildung — particularly useful for the study of post-1945
Germany)
Goethezeitportal
(everything you ever wanted to know about the "Age of Goethe,"
1749-1832 — topics, projects, databases, images, current
research projects, etc. — hosted by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Munich)
Johann Heinrich Zedler's Universal-Lexicon (1732-54)
(full-text digital access to the largest and most comprehensive
encyclopedia of the eighteenth century — 68,000 pages in 68 folio
volumes, 33 different disciplines, more than 288,000 entries —
exceeding by far Diderot's and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie)
Meyers
Konversationslexikon (1888-89)
(older edition, but still very useful — all entries in
German)
Deutsche Geschichten
(multi-media history of modern Germany, 1890 to the present)
AEIOU - Österreich
Lexikon
(an encyclopedia on all things Austrian, sponsored by the Austrian
Ministry of Science)
Bautz’s Bio-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
(emphasis on theologians and religious figures, but includes
many philosophers, social scientists, literary writers, artists,
and politicians — also includes bibliographical references)
The 1911 Encyclopedia
Resources for Research in the History of Science
(encyclopedic overview of many valuable resources in the history and
philosophy of science and technology — hosted by Jan Golinski at the
University of New Hampshire)
Xipolis
(allows parallel searches in standard German reference titles — covers
most areas — includes Brockhaus, Kindler Literatur Lexikon, etc. —
detailed entries need to be purchased online)