The Encyclopedia Americana Today

The Encyclopedia Americana is now widely available in digital formats for researchers and history enthusiasts:

: Major reference platforms like Encyclopedia Britannica provide overviews of its literary and historical significance. The Encyclopedia Americana

The is one of the world's most comprehensive and established general reference works, first published between 1829 and 1833. It is widely recognized for its deep coverage of American and Canadian geography and history, as well as its strong focus on scientific and technical subjects. Key Characteristics and Scope The Encyclopedia Americana is now widely available in

: While it began as a 13-volume set, later editions (such as the International Edition) expanded to 30 volumes to reflect a more global perspective. Key Characteristics and Scope : While it began

: You can find digitized scans of historical volumes on platforms like Internet Archive and HathiTrust .

: It contains over 45,000 articles , ranging in length from 500 words to massive entries like the "United States" article, which exceeds 300,000 words.

Reference

If you use the data or code please cite:

Chengrui Wang and Han Fang and Yaoyao Zhong and Weihong Deng, MLFW: A Database for Face Recognition on Masked Faces, arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07189.

BibTeX entry:
@article{wang2021mlfw,
  title={MLFW: A Database for Face Recognition on Masked Faces}, 
  author={Wang, Chengrui and Fang, Han and Zhong, Yaoyao and Deng, Weihong},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.05804},
  year={2021}
}

Download the database

This database is publicly available. We provide: 1) the original images(250x250), 2) the aligned images(112x112) and 3) the pair list. Baidu Netdisk(code:328y) , Google Drive

Now, we provide a list to indicate the masked faces. Google Drive


Contact

For further assistance, please contact , and Weihong Deng.