About Reference.com

Reference.com is a multi-source encyclopedia search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.

Note that Reference.com does not produce all the encyclopedias that appear on our Web site; we simply make them available. In that respect we are more like a bookstore or library than a publisher. Thus any comments regarding the content of the information which appears on our site should properly be directed to the publisher or copyright holder. The source of each entry is given immediately after the entry in question; follow the source link for information about the encyclopedia, including publisher contact information.

The encyclopedias which appear on Reference.com include:

• The Columbia Encyclopedia
• Countries and Their Cultures
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Busine$$ and Finance
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
• The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide For Patients And Caregivers
• Encyclopedia of Small Business
• Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
• Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
• Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
• Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
• Wikipedia
• Lexico's On This Day