List of English-language 20th-century general encyclopedias
1900s
1900
- Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1900)
- Standard American Book of Knowledge (1900) - a reissue of Standard Cyclopedia (1897)
- 20th Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1901)
- World's Book of Knowledge (1901)
- New Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1902)
- American Home Educator and Book of Universal Knowledge (1903)
- Student's Cycopaedia (1900)
- Student's Reference Work (1903)
- New Student's Reference Work (1909)
- Modern American Encyclopedia (1934)
- Universal Cyclopaedia (1900) - a reissue of Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia (1876)
- Appleton's New Practical Encyclopedia (1920)
- New Universal Encyclopedia (1930)
- Universal Reference Library (1900)
- Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1901)
- Imperial Reference Library (1901)
- Current Cyclopedia of Reference (1909)
1901
- American Home Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge (1901)
- Everitt's Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge (1905)
- Columbia Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge (1907)
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1901) - a reissue of the Century Dictionary (1889)
- Current Encyclopedia (July 1901 - April 1902?) an attempt at a "periodical" reference work. Later merged with Progress to form The World Today.
- Handy Cyclopedia of Common Things and Biographical Dictionary (1901)
- Twentieth Century Cyclopedia of Practical Knowledge (1901)
- Hill's Practical Encyclopedia (1901)
- School Library Encyclopedia (1901)
- Hill's Practical Reference Library (1902)
- New Practical Reference Library (1907)
- American Educator (1919)
- Dominion Educator (1919) Canadian ed.
- New General Encyclopedia (1935) Canadian ed.
- New Popular Encyclopaedia (1901) reissue of the Popular Encyclopedia (1841)
- Modern Encyclopaedia of Universal Information (1906)
- Popular Compedium of Useful Information (1901)
- Twenith Century Cyclopedia of Useful Information (1901)
- World Encyclopaedia (1901)
- Golden Treasury of Useful Information (1902)
- Worlds Best Information and How to Use It (1902)
- Home Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge (1902)
- Home Educator in Necessary Knowledge (1902)
- Everybody's Encyclopedia for Everyday Reference (1907)
- Cyclopedia, Dictionary and Atlas of the World (1909)
- XXth century Cyclopaedia and Atlas (1901) - a reissue of New Cabinet Cyclopaedia and Treasury of Knowledge (1891)
- New Twentieth Century Cyclopaedia (1903)
- New and Complete Universal Self-Pronouncing Dictionary (1905)
- New Cosmopolitan Encyclopaedia (1906)
- National Encyclopedia of Reference (1912)
1902
- American Educator and Library of Knowledge (1902)
- Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1902) - an unauthorized reprint of portions of the Encyclopedia Brittanica with an unrelated dictionary attached.
- New American Comprehensive Encyclopedia (1906)
- Century Book of Facts (1902)
- Universal Manual of Ready Reference (1904) re-issue
- New Century Book of Facts (1909) revision
- Collier's New Encyclopedia (1902)
- University Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century Knowledge (1902)
- Encyclopedia Americana (1902)
- New International Encyclopedia (1902)
- Teacher's and Pupil's Cyclopaedia (1902)
- Encyclopedic Current Reference (1906)
- New Teacher's and Pupil's Cyclopaedia (1910)
- Unrivaled Encyclopedia (1911)
- Practical American Encyclopedia (1911)
- International Reference Work (1923)
- Progressive Reference Library (1928)
- World Scope Encyclopedia (1945)
- New American Encyclopedia (1963)
1903
- Crown Encyclopaedia and Gazetter (1903)
- Continental Encyclopedia (1905)
- New Century Reference Library (1907)
- Current Cyclopedia of Reference (1909)
- Everybody's Encyclopedia (1910)
- People's Encyclopedia (1914)
- New World Wide Encyclopedia (1918)
- World Wide Encyclopedia (1919)
- New World Encyclopedia (1919)
- Adair's New Encyclopedia (1923)
- Time's Encyclopedia and Gazetteer (1929)
- Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1930)
- Worlds Popular Encyclopedia (1937)
- Imperial Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1903) re-issue of the Columbian Encyclopedia (1899)
- New Imperial Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1906)
- United Editors Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1909)
- United Editors Perpetual Encyclopedia (1911)
- New People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1903) re-issue of People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1883)
- World Wide Encyclopedia and Gazetteer (1908)
- Twentieth Century Household Library (1903)
1904
- Cassells Cabinet Cyclopedia (1904)
- Complete Library of Universal Knowledge (1904)
- New Idea Self-Instructor (1904)
- Modern Achievement (1904)
1905
- Everbody's Everday Reference Book for Home and Office (1905)
- Pannell's Reference Book for Home and Office (1905)
- Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office (1908) new editions published until 1936
1906
- Nelson's Encyclopaedia (1906)
- Harmsworth's Encyclopaedia (1906) British edition
- Nelson's Perpetual Loose Leaf Encyclopaedia (1916)
- New Age Encyclopedia (1920)
- Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia (1920) British edition
- Doubleday Encyclopedia (1931), American ed. based on above
- Grolier Encyclopedia (1940)
- Unified Encyclopedia (1960)
- Concise Universal Encyclopedia (1930), a condensed British revision of Harmworth's Universal
- Modern Encyclopedia (1933) British re-issue of the above
- New Popular Educator (1933) British re-issue of the above
- Casell's Modern Encyclopedia (1934) British re-issue of the above
- Encyclopedia of Modern Knowledge (1936) British revision of Harmworth's Universal
- New Universal Encyclopedia (1951)
- Nelson's Complete Encyclopedia (1937)
- Nelson's Encyclopaedia: Unabridged (1940)
- Nelson's New Loose Leaf Encyclopaedia (1940)
- Book of Knowledge (1959) British ed.
- New Standard Encyclopedia (1906)
- Practical and Home Encyclopedia (1909)
- Standard American Encyclopedia (1912)
- International's World Reference Encyclopedia (1942)
- Universal World Reference Encyclopedia (1945)
1907
- Everyone's Cyclopedia (1907)
- Library of Original Sources (1907)
1908
- Children's Encyclopaedia (1908)
- Book of Knowledge (1912) American revision of the Children's Encyclopaedia
- New Book of Knowledge (1966) later iteration of the Book of Knowledge
- Standard Dictionary of Facts (1908)
1909
- La Salle Extension University Encyclopedia (1909)
- Everybody's Encyclopedia (1909)
- Webster's Universal Encyclopedia (1909)
- Modern Universal Encyclopedia (1910)
- Home and Office Reference Book of Facts (1913)
- New Complete Condensed Encyclopedia (1909), a re-issue of Chandler's Encyclopedia (1898)
- Werner Encyclopedia (1909), a reprint of the 9th edition of the Britannica.
- Anglo-American Encyclopedia (1911)
- Winston's Encyclopedia (1909)
- Winston's Cumulative Loose Leaf Encyclopedia (1912)
- Encyclopedia Library (1942)
- American International Encyclopedia (1950)
1910s
1910
- Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
- Standard Reference Work (1912)
- National Encyclopedia for the Home, School and Library (1923)
- New Standard Encyclopedia (1930)
- Consolidated Encyclopedia (1939) Canadian ed.
- Appleton's New Practical Encyclopedia (1910)
- New Univeral Encyclopedia (1930)
- Routledge's Everyman's Encyclopedia (1910)
1911
- Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing (1911)
- Volume Library (1911)
- Cowles Comprehensive Encyclopedia - Volume Library (1963)
1912
- Modern Encyclopedia (1912)
- Standard Illustrated Book of Facts (1912)
1913
- Funk and Wagnall's Standard Encyclopedia of the Worlds Knowledge (1913)
- Everyman's Encyclopaedia (1913-4)
- Cambridge Encyclopedia (1934) Canadian ed.
- Macmillan Everymans Encyclopedia (1958)
- Home and School Reference Work (1913)
- Source Book (1924)
- American Reference Library (c.1931)
- How and Why Library (1913)
- New Encyclopedia (1913)
1914
- Human Interest Library (1914)
- New Human Interest Library (1928)
- Our Wonder World (1914)
- New Wonder World (1932)
- New Wonder World Encyclopedia (1959)
- New Wonder World Cultural Library (1962)
- Cultural Library (1964)
- Stokes Complete One Volume Encyclopedia (1914)
1915
- The Knowledge Book (1915)
- The Knowledge Library (1918)
- New Knowledge Library (1919)
1916
- Pictured Knowledge 1916
1917
- World Book Encyclopedia (1917)
1919
- Bufton's Universal Cyclopedia (1919)
- Library of Knowledge (1929)
1920s
1920
- New Universal Handbook of Necessary Information (1920)
- Winston's Universal Reference Library (1930)
- Waverley New Era Encyclopedia (1920)
- Waverley Encyclopedia of General Information (1930)
1921
- New Gresham Encyclopedia (1921-4)
- Compact Encyclopedia (1927) a 6 vol. abridgement
- Concise Encyclopedia (1933) a revision of both of the above. Issued in Great Britain as the British Encyclopedia
- Collins Gem Encyclopedia (1979)
1922
- Compton's Encyclopedia (1922) issued in Great Britain as the Book of Knowledge
- Wonderland of Knowledge (1933) British imprint
1924
- Lincoln Library of Essential Information (1924)
- Outline of Knowledge (1924)
- New Outline of Knowledge (1936)
1925
- Concise Pocket Encyclopedia (1925)
1927
- Universal Knowledge (1927)
1928
- I See All (1928)
- New Universities Encyclopedia (1928)
1929
1930s
1930
- American Home Library (1930)
1931
- Funk and Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1931)
- New Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia (1949)
- Universal Standard Encyclopedia (1954)
- Funk and Wagnall's Standard Reference Encyclopedia (1959)
- Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (1971)
- Golden Pathway to Knowledge (1931)
- Hayward's Key to Knowledge (1931)
- An Outline of Modern Knowledge (1931)
1932
- National Encyclopedia (1932)
- Newnes Pictorial Encyclopedia (1932)
- New Standard Encyclopedia and World Atlas (1932)
- Wonder World of Knowledge (1935)
- Wonder World Encyclopedia (1936)
- Standard Encyclopaedia (1937)
- Modern Standard Encyclopedia (1938)
- New Wonder World Encyclopedia (1964)
1933
- Modern Encyclopaedia (1933) 1 vol.
- Concise Encyclopaedia (1937) 8 vols.
- Modern Concise Encyclopaedia (1940) 12 vols.
- New Modern Encyclopaedia (1943) 1 vol.
- Modern Encyclopedia for Children (1933)
- Wonder Encyclopedia for Children (1933)
- Golden Encyclopedia for Children (1934)
- Clear Type Encyclopedia (1935)
- Laural and Gold Encyclopedia (1935)
- Modern Encyclopedia for Young People (1935)
- Modern Illustrated Encyclopedia (1940)
- Newes Everything Within (1933)
- Newnes Golden Treasury (1933)
- Children's Everything Within (1939)
- New Illustrated Universal Reference Book (1933)
- Richards Cyclopedia (1933)
- Richard's Topical Cyclopedia (1939)
1934
- Circle of Knowledge (1934)
- Daily Express Encyclopedia (1934)
- Routledge's Universal Encyclopedia (1934) British ed.
- Facts; the New Concise Encyclopedia (1934) American ed.
- New Concise Pictorial Encyclopedia (1938)
- Comprehensive Pictorial Encyclopedia (1942)
- World Home Reference Encyclopedia (1951)
- Practical Knowledge for All (1934)
1935
- Columbia Encyclopedia (1935)
- The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia (1953)
- New Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
- News Illustrated Columbia Encyclopedia (1978)
- Concise Columbia Encyclopedia (1983)
- New Gem Encyclopedia (1935)
- Encyclopedia of General Knowledge (1938)
- New York Post Illustrated Encyclopedia
- World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia (1937)
- University Illustrated Encyclopedia (1938)
- New American Encyclopedia (1938)
- Home University Encyclopedia (1941)
- Encyclopedic Library of Knowledge (1944)
- Webster's Unified Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1953)
- American Family Encyclopedia (1963)
1936
- Children's Home Educator and Treasury of Knowledge (1936)
- Waverley Encyclopedia (1953)
- Everyday Knowledge (1936)
- Hutchinson's Pictorial Encyclopedia (1936)
- Hutchinson's Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1948)
- Hutchinson's New Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1965)
- New Hutchinson's Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1977)
- International Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1936)
1937
- Everybody's Enquire Within (1937)
- University of Knowledge (1937)
- Wonderland of Knowledge (1937)
1938
- Book of General Knowledge (1938)
- Teach Yourself Concise Encyclopedia of General Knowledge (1956)
- Universal Knowledge A - Z (1938)
- Great Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1948)
1940s
1940
- Modern Library of Knowledge (1940)
- Webster's Columbia Encyclopedic Dictionary (1940)
- Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary (1941)
- Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary (1941)
- Library of Essential Information (1942)
- American People's Encyclopedia (1946)
- Consolidated Webster Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary (1954)
- Consolidated Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary (1954)
1943
- International American Encyclopedia (1943)
1944
- Encyclopedia for Boys and Girls (1944)
- Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia of General Knowledge (1957)
1946
- Golden Encyclopedia (1946)
- New Golden Encyclopedia (1963)
- Handy Encylopedia of Useful Information (1946)
- Austin's New Encyclopedia of Useable Information (1948)
- Everyday Reference Library (1951)
1947
- Information Please Almanac (1947)
1948
- American People's Encyclopedia (1948)
- Children's Pictorial Encyclopedia (1948)
- Oxford Junior Encyclopedia (1948)
- American Oxford Encyclopedia for Home and School (1964)
- World of the Children (1948)
- Caxton Encyclopedia (1960)
- Caxton World of Knowledge (1961)
- New World Library (1964)
1949
- Children's Guide to Knowledge (1949) British version
- Collier's Encyclopedia (1949 - 1951)
1950s
1953
- Odham's Encyclopedia (1953)
- Modern Encyclopedia (1961)
1954
- Basic Everyday Encyclopedia (1954)
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knowledge (1954)
- Illustrated Home Library Encyclopedia (1955)
- Illustrated World Encyclopedia (1958)
- New Pictorial Encyclopedia of the World (1954)
- Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1956)
- Little & Ives Illustrated Ready Reference Encyclopedia (1961)
- New Wonder Book Cyclopedia of World Knowledge (1954)
1955
- New Masters Pictorial Encyclopedia (1955)
- Our Wonderful World (1955)
1956
- Wonder Book Encyclopedia (1956)
- Junior Pictorial Encyclopedia (1959)
- Encyclopedia of Modern Knowledge (1965)
- Young Children's Encyclopedia (1956)
1957
- Children's Guide to Knowledge (1957) American version
- Modern Children's Library of Knowledge (1957)
- Modern University Encyclopedia (1957)
- New Age Encyclopedia, World Atlas and Sports Supplement (1957)
- Pearson's Everything Within (1957)
- Pictorial Encyclopedia (1957)
1959
- Children's Encyclopaedia (1959)
- Funk and Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1959) a 1 vol. condescension of Funk and Wagnell's Standard Reference Encyclopedia
- Golden Book Encyclopedia (1959)
- Illustrated Encyclopedia (1959)
1960s
1960
- Junior World Encyclopedia (1960)
- Harver Junior World Encyclopedia (1972)
- Newnes Popular Encyclopedia (1960)
- Newnes Family Encyclopedia (1966)
1961
- Black's Children Encyclopedia (1961)
- Golden Home and High School Encyclopedia (1961)
- Golden Treasury of Knowledge (1961)
- Junior Pears Encyclopedia (1961)
- Knowledge: the weekly colored encyclopedia (1961 - 1965)
- New Knowledge (1965)
- Odham's Encyclopedia for Children (1961)
- Odham's Wonder World of Knowledge (1961)
1963
- Encyclopedia International (1963-4)
- Grolier Universal Encyclopedia (1965)
1964
- Child's First Encyclopedia (1964)
- Complete Reference Handbook (1964)
- Quick Reference Encyclopedia (1976)
- Quick Reference Handbook of Basic Knowledge (1979)
1965
- Catholic Encyclopedia for School and Home (1965)
- The Penguin Encyclopedia (1965)
1966
- Purnell's New English Encyclopedia (1966)
- New Caxton Encyclopedia (1966)
- New Book of Knowledge (1966)
1967
- World Wide Encyclopedia (1967)
- Merit Students Encyclopedia (1967)
1968
- Longmans English larousse (1968)
1970s
1971
- Compton's Young Children's Precyclopedia (1971)
- Comton's Precyclopedia (1973)
- Talking Cassette Encyclopedia (1971)
- New Talking Cassette Encyclopedia (1984)
1972
- Young Student's Encyclopedia (1972)
1973
- Cadillac Modern Encyclopedia (1973)
- Kussmaul Encyclopedia (1981)
- Disney's Wonderful World of Knowledge (1973)
- Harver World Encyclopedia (1973)
1976
- Ward Lock Children's Encyclopedia (1976)
- Rand McNally's Children's Encyclopedia (1976)
1977
- The Random House Encyclopedia (1977)
- University Desk Encyclopedia (1977)
- Concord Desk Encyclopedia (1981)
1978
- Junior Encyclopedia of General Knowledge (1978)
1979
- Knowledge Encyclopedia (1979)
- Purnell's Pictorial Encyclopedia (1979)
1980s
1980
- Academic American Encyclopedia (1980)
- Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia (1980)
- Finding Out: Silver Burdett's Children's Encyclopedia (1980)
- Nelson's Encyclopedia for Young Readers (1980)
1981
- Macmillan Encyclopedia (1981)
- New Universal Family Encyclopedia (1985)
- New Knowledge Library (1981)
1985
- Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia (1985)
1990s
1991
- American Spectrum Encyclopedia (1991)
1993
- Encarta (1993)
Brittanica
- Tenth edition (supplement to the 9th) (1903)
- 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1910-1)
- Twelfth edition (1922) a 3-volume supplement to the eleventh edition was released that summarized the developments just before, during and after World War I; these three volumes, taken together with the eleventh edition of 1910, became known as the twelfth edition.
- Thirteenth edition (1926) three new volumes covering the history of 1910–1926, which were intended to supplant those of the twelfth edition. Again taken together with the eleventh edition, the new volumes became known as the thirteenth edition.
- Fourteenth edition (1929) after this the Brittanica began a policy of continuous revision.
- 10 Eventful Years (1947) a special supplement on 1937-1947 - the Second World War,as well as the years immediately preceding it and following it.
- Fifteenth edition, first version, other wise known as the New Encyclopædia Britannica (1974) this began the change of format into Propædia, Micropædia, and Macropædia, as well as eschewing an index.
- Fifteenth edition, second version (1985) restored the index as a two volume supplement, streamlined the three type format for easier use.
- Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite (2004)
- Britannica Global Edition (2010)
Other English language Britannica publications
- Historian's History of the World (1902)
- The reader's guide to the Encyclopædia britannica; a handbook containing sixty-six courses of systematic study or occasional reading. (1913)
- Book of the Year (1913, 1938-)
- The Britannica book of the war (1914)
- Britannica Home University (1920)
- These eventful years; the twentieth century in the making, as told by many of its makers; being the dramatic story of all that has happened throughout the world during the most momentous period in all history, (1924)
- Weedon's Modern Encyclopedia (1931) a non-Britannica publication that was bought out and repackaged by Britannica as
- Britannica Junior (1934)
- Great Books of the Western World (1952)
- Children's Britannica (1960) aimed at ages seven to 14.
- Young Children's Encyclopaedia (1961) for children just learning to read
- Gateway to the Great Books (1963)
- My First Britannica (1974) aimed at children ages six to 12
- Britannica Discovery Library (1974) for children aged three to six
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