International Encyclopedia of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Science and Technology and the supplementary annuals for the years 2000 to 2006 now have over 1 million entries. This comprehensive reference work contains acronyms from a variety of disciplines and walks of life. It includes not only officially acknowledged abbreviations, but also takes out-of-date forms into account as well as those in general everyday use. This extensive database has now been updated and indexed for individual fields of science and areas of society. This work extends and enlarges the basic work, beginning with Series A, covering abbreviation from the areas of politics, history and society. The series is published in two volumes, each with approximately 68,000 entries and their corresponding terms.