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encyclopedia - en-cy-clo-pe-di-a - n.: A comprehensive reference work or compendium of knowledge, containing articles either on a wide range of general subjects (attempting to cover all fields) or on numerous aspects of a particular specialized field (aiming to be very comprehensive in a particular field). Print editions of encyclopedias (typically a large set of books) have usually been arranged alphabetically.The Medieval Latin word encyclopaedia, meaning general education course, derived and evolved from the alteration of Greek enkuklios paideia, meaning general education: enkuklios, circular, general, cyclical, periodic, ordinary; + paideia, education (from pais, paid-, child). Early copyists of Latin manuscripts took this phrase to be a single Greek word, enkuklopaedia, with the same meaning. The Greek words then became the New Latin word encyclopaedia, later coming into general English use with the meaning and sense of a "general course of instruction".] The modern type of encyclopedia (with an alphabetical arrangement and bibliographies) is known to have been established by John Harris with his Lexicon technicum (1704). Perhaps the most famous print encyclopedia, the Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published in three volumes (1768 through 1771). Originally published in Edinburgh by Adam and Charles Black, in later years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica grew in size and reputation and was published in the United States when the trademark and publication rights were sold (after the 11th edition) to Sears Roebuck.

The encyclopedia as we recognize it today was developed from the dictionary in the 18th century. A dictionary primarily focuses on words and their definition, and typically provides limited information, analysis, or background for the word defined. While it may offer a definition, it may leave the reader still lacking in understanding the meaning or significance of a term, and how the term relates to a broader field of knowledge.
Librarians' Internet Index list of encyclopedias online
Encyclopedias online
Diderot's article on the Encyclopedia
Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia - 1728
Encyclopædia Americana - 1851
Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. - 1911

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