Entry Overview

Encyclopædia Britannica is a leader in reference and education publishing since 1768 whose products can be found in a variety of media, from the internet to mobile phones to books. A pioneer in electronic publishing since the early 1980s, the company still publishes the 32-volume Encyclopædia Britannica, along with services such as Britannica Online and new printed products such as Britannica Discovery Library. Britannica’s editorial operation is overseen by some of the world’s most distinguished scholars, several of them Nobel laureates.