Editing Encyclopedia:Size comparisons (section)

== Other online encyclopedic resources ==
There are many other online databases which combine several encyclopedias and [[encyclopedic dictionary|encyclopedic dictionaries]] and allow users to search all of the works simultaneously. One example is ''Oxford Reference Online''—a database of 221 encyclopedias and encyclopedic dictionaries, offering about 1.4 million articles {{as of|2011|lc=on}}, with expansions planned for the future.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/premium Oxford Reference online]</ref> Another example is ''Xrefplus,'' which offers access to 262 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books.<ref>[http://www.xrefer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=34 Xrefplus]</ref> This all added up to about 2.9 million entries when the database had 225 titles.<ref>[http://www.xrefer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=60 Xrefer]</ref> There also is HighBeam Research and ''GaleNet''. ''GaleNet''—which is likely the largest named so far—offers users the ability to search several encyclopedia databases, including the ''Biography Resource Center'' (1,335,000 people), ''Gale Virtual Reference Library'' (594 reference books),<ref>[http://www.gale.com/tlist/gvrl_rt.xls Gale Virtual Reference Library]</ref> and the ''Science Resource Center'' (51 titles),<ref>[http://www.gale.com/tlist/SciRC_rt.xls Science Resource Center]</ref> among others.