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• Encyclopædia Britannica

The Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (Encyclopedia) is the most famous reference work in German language and was published by the publishing house F.A. Brockhaus until 2009. After more than 200 years, distribution of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie was discontinued in 2014, since when it has been published exclusively as online-edition.

• Duden Wörterbuch
• Oxford English Dictionary

The Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB) is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language with word meanings and references. The DWB was started by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in 1838, and finished in 1961, after 123 years. A total of 32 volumes were produced. The revision began at the same time as the work on the first edition was completed. An online version of the DWB (Der Digitale Grimm) has been accessible since June 2002.

• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

The Encyclopædia Britannica is the oldest English-language general encyclopedia and was first published in 1768 in Edinburgh. The Encyclopædia Britannica relies “upon both outside experts and its own editors with various subject-area proficiencies to write its entries, and has a long-held reputation for readability and accuracy.” In 2012, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced that future printings would be discontinued and replaced by digital products.

AKC is the online glossary of terms of the Collaborative Research Center 1171 Affective Societies at Freie Universität Berlin.