online encyclopedias

Web-based knowledge compendiums

Online encyclopedias are reference works published on the internet rather than in print.

Wikipedia is the dominant example, but the category includes digital versions of traditional encyclopedias like Britannica.

The format allows frequent updates, hyperlinked cross-references, and multimedia content.

I looked it up in an online encyclopedia.

Related
  • WikipediaFree collaborative online encyclopedia
  • wiki pageCollaboratively edited online entry
  • serversMachines providing network resources
  • articlesWritten works or items
  • editorsContent revisers and correctors

digital libraries · entries · databases · contributors · user generated content · references · readers · categories · administrators · fact checking · reliable sources · citation needed · researchers · multimedia · citations · crowdsourcing · edit wars · students

Opposites
medium/format

online encyclopediascard catalogs

Manual book-finding system

papyrus scrolls · illuminated manuscripts

knowledge organization type

online encyclopediasoral traditions

Culture transmitted through speech

raw data · tacit knowledge

accessibility/availability

online encyclopediasprivate libraries

Individually owned book repositories

classified documents · oral traditions · esoteric knowledge

Family

online, lines, lined, lining, liners, lineage, lineal, linear, linearly

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G