Foreign Languages Subject Guide
General Encyclopedias
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The following multi-volume foreign language encyclopedias vary in currency, but they do provide a convenient general source for someone wishing to practice reading the language or to look up historical information.
Brockhaus Enzyklopaedie
AE 27 .B922 1996 (Ref)
A standard scholarly German encyclopedia containing over 260,000 entries, with many illustrations. Predominantly short articles, with longer ones on countries and major topics.
Dai Nihon Hyakka Jiten
AE 35.2 .D3 (Ref)
(Japanese) A richly illustrated general encyclopedia with brief entries. Includes two atlases and an index. 1967-1972.
Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.
AE 35 .E5 (Ref)
(Italian) 35 volume encyclopedia plus supplements. 1949-1961.
Enciclopedia Universal Illustrada Europeo-Americana
AE 61 .E6 (Ref)
(Spanish) Has long articles, bibliographies, good illustrations, as well as short articles. Good on biography, maps, art, word etymologies, and for the supplements. Supplements through 1996.
Encyclopaedia Universalis
AE 25 .E3 1990 (Ref)
(French) The first 23 volumes contain about 5,000 articles on all topics. The "Thesaurus-Index" has shorter articles on many topics.