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Web Sites in Category Encyclopedias

Everything2 - An extensively hyperlinked collection of facts, ideas, notes and humor to which anyone can add.

Wikipedia - A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software. (GNU Free Documentation License).

Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia - The engineering, theoretical concepts, and organizations of the Internet (freely distributable).

Disinfopedia - Directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations, and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.

Metaweb - A project initiated by author Neal Stephenson as a resource first to annotate his novel Quicksilver, but based on the broader concept of a "metaweb" devised by Danny Hillis.

MusicBrainz - Downloadable song metadata--artist/album/track information--for audio CD and MP3 music players (Open Content License).

Open Site - A volunteer-run open content encyclopedia.

PlanetMath - Collaborative, peer-reviewed mathematics encyclopedia with TeX input, inspired by MathWorld (GNU Free Documentation License).

Technomanifestos Network - Collaborative resource on the history of computing and the Internet (GNU Free Documentation License), and the online companion to the book Technomanifestos.

Related Categories:

Arts > Literature > Electronic Text Archives
Arts > Music > Resources > Downloadable Music Sheets > Public Domain
Arts > Online Writing > Non-Fiction
Computers > Graphics > Clip Art > Public Domain
Computers > Software > Groupware > Wiki
Reference > Encyclopedias

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