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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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November 1, 2019
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January 6, 2009Call me crazy, but one day I want to read the whole thing.
September 25, 2020
Poor in comparison to the Encyclopedia Galactica. Totally overpriced, too. But DON’T PANIC, people - the Encyclopedia Galactica has you covered!*
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July 14, 2009
as a kid i would sit and read Encyclopaedia Britannica. I would pick an article and hop to another one mentioned in it and see how long a chain i could make from the original starting point!
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January 6, 2022Reading this a few pages per day, will finish in quite a few years! Reminds me of being a kid, spreading encyclopedias out across the living room floor.
January 10, 2024
Yeah it's alright
March 14, 2022
March 14, 2012. Ten year ago today.
Encyclopedia Britannica puts an end to print publishing. The familiar Encyclopedia Britannica reference books will now only be published digitally, says the company. Whether it was a prized possession paid for in installments and lovingly displayed on the top shelf, a neglected doorstop, or simply non-existent in your household, you undoubtedly grew up familiar with the sight of the Encyclopedia Britannica. But now the days of the handsome gold-lettered reference books are over.
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. announced Tuesday it will stop publishing print editions of its signature product for the first time in its 244-year history. In an acknowledgment of the shifting media landscape and the increasing reliance on digital references, the company said its current encyclopedia – the 32-volume, 129-pound 2010 edition – will be unavailable once the existing stock runs out. (If you’re interested, it’s yours for $1,395 and there are only 4,000 sets left.) The digital version of the encyclopedia, however, will live on.
“This has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Google,” said Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. President Jorge Cauz in an interview with the AP. “This has to do with the fact that now Britannica sells it digital products to a large number of people.” Despite his comments, it’s easy to see how Wikipedia, the 11-year-old crowd-sourced encyclopedia, and the rise of similar online research materials have eaten into Encyclopaedia Britannica’s market. As The LA Times’s Jacket Copy blog puts it, “The 11-year-old crowd-sourced encyclopedia is online, and it's free. Encyclopaedia Britannica's most recent edition sells for $1,395.”
Though Wikipedia and Google may be the prevailing research modes of choice today, those who came of age before the instant-access of Internet retain a sense of attachment and goodwill toward Britannica and the authority and reliability its bound volumes represented.
The print form of Encyclopedia Britannica was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768. Sales of Britannica peaked in 1990 with 120,000 sets sold in the US. In contrast, Britannica has sold about 8,000 sets of its latest edition, the 2010 set, and has 4,000 more in stock.
Today, print encyclopedias account for less than 1 percent of Britannica’s revenue, reports The New York Times. (Instead, some 85 percent of the revenue comes from educational products and 15 percent from the $70 subscription to its website, which about half a million households pay.)
“A printed encyclopedia is obsolete the minute that you print it," Cauz told the AP. "Whereas our online edition is updated continuously.... The sales of printed encyclopedias have been negligible for several years. We knew this was going to come.”
Indeed, most libraries have shifted the bulk of their resources to digital materials, though print reference materials continue to be available. And though older generations uncomfortable with digital technology prefer print reference materials, the vast majority of students and younger generations simply go online, where material is readily accessible and continuously updated – if slightly less authoritative.
Nonetheless, the discontinuance of the flagship reference set will be mourned by those for whom “having the Encyclopedia Britannica on the bookshelf was akin to a station wagon in the garage or a black-and-white Zenith in the den, a possession coveted for its usefulness and as a goalpost for an aspirational middle class,” writes The New York Times.
“It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Cauz told The New York Times. “Some people will feel sad about it and nostalgic about it. But we have a better tool now. The Web site is continuously updated, it’s much more expansive and it has multimedia.”
csmonitor.com
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14 marzo 2012. Dieci anni fa oggi.
L'Enciclopedia Britannica pone fine all'editoria cartacea. I familiari libri di riferimento dell'Enciclopedia Britannica saranno ora pubblicati solo in formato digitale, afferma l'azienda. Che fosse un bene prezioso pagato a rate e amorevolmente esposto sullo scaffale più alto, un fermaporta trascurato o semplicemente inesistente nella tua famiglia, senza dubbio hai familiarizzato con la vista dell'Enciclopedia Britannica. Ma ora i giorni dei bei libri di consultazione con lettere d'oro sono finiti.
L'Enciclopedia Britannica Inc. ha annunciato martedì che interromperà la pubblicazione di edizioni cartacee del suo prodotto esclusivo per la prima volta nei suoi 244 anni di storia. In un riconoscimento del mutevole panorama dei media e della crescente dipendenza dai riferimenti digitali, la società ha affermato che la sua attuale enciclopedia - l'edizione 2010 in 32 volumi e 129 libbre - non sarà disponibile una volta esaurite le scorte esistenti. (Se sei interessato, è tuo per $ 1.395 e sono rimasti solo 4.000 set.) La versione digitale dell'enciclopedia, tuttavia, vivrà.
"Questo non ha nulla a che fare con Wikipedia o Google", ha affermato il presidente dell'Enciclopedia Britannica Inc. Jorge Cauz in un'intervista con l'AP. "Questo ha a che fare con il fatto che ora la Britannica vende prodotti digitali a un gran numero di persone". Nonostante i suoi commenti, è facile vedere come Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia crowdsourcing di 11 anni, e l'ascesa di simili materiali di ricerca online abbiano intaccato il mercato dell'Enciclopedia Britannica. Come dice il blog Jacket Copy del LA Times, "L'enciclopedia crowd-sourced di 11 anni è online ed è gratuita. L'edizione più recente dell'Enciclopedia Britannica è stata venduta a $ 1.395".
Sebbene Wikipedia e Google possano essere le modalità di ricerca prevalenti oggigiorno, coloro che sono diventati maggiorenni prima dell'accesso istantaneo a Internet conservano un senso di attaccamento e buona volontà verso la Britannica e l'autorità e l'affidabilità che i suoi volumi vincolati rappresentavano.
Il modulo cartaceo dell'Enciclopedia Britannica fu pubblicato per la prima volta a Edimburgo, in Scozia, nel 1768. Le vendite della Britannica raggiunsero il picco nel 1990 con 120.000 set venduti negli Stati Uniti. Al contrario, la Britannica ha venduto circa 8.000 set della sua ultima edizione, il set del 2010, e ne ha altri 4.000 in stock.
Oggi, le enciclopedie cartacee rappresentano meno dell'1% delle entrate della Britannica, riporta il New York Times. (Invece, circa l'85 percento delle entrate proviene da prodotti educativi e il 15 percento dall'abbonamento di $ 70 al suo sito Web, che paga circa mezzo milione di famiglie.)
"Un'enciclopedia stampata è obsoleta nel momento in cui la stampi", ha detto Cauz all'AP. "Mentre la nostra edizione online viene aggiornata continuamente... Le vendite di enciclopedie stampate sono state trascurabili per diversi anni. Sapevamo che sarebbe successo".
In effetti, la maggior parte delle biblioteche ha spostato la maggior parte delle proprie risorse su materiali digitali, sebbene i materiali di riferimento cartacei continuino ad essere disponibili. E sebbene le generazioni più anziane a disagio con la tecnologia digitale preferiscano i materiali di riferimento stampati, la stragrande maggioranza degli studenti e delle generazioni più giovani semplicemente si collega online, dove il materiale è facilmente accessibile e continuamente aggiornato, anche se leggermente meno autorevole.
Tuttavia, l'interruzione del set di riferimento dell'ammiraglia sarà pianto da coloro per i quali "avere l'Enciclopedia Britannica sullo scaffale era come una station wagon in garage o uno Zenith in bianco e nero nella tana, un bene ambito per la sua utilità e come punto di riferimento per un'ambiziosa classe media", scrive il New York Times.
"È un rito di passaggio in questa nuova era", ha detto Cauz al New York Times. “Alcune persone si sentiranno tristi e nostalgiche per questo. Ma ora abbiamo uno strumento migliore. Il sito Web è in continuo aggiornamento, è molto più ampio e multimediale”.
Encyclopedia Britannica puts an end to print publishing. The familiar Encyclopedia Britannica reference books will now only be published digitally, says the company. Whether it was a prized possession paid for in installments and lovingly displayed on the top shelf, a neglected doorstop, or simply non-existent in your household, you undoubtedly grew up familiar with the sight of the Encyclopedia Britannica. But now the days of the handsome gold-lettered reference books are over.
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. announced Tuesday it will stop publishing print editions of its signature product for the first time in its 244-year history. In an acknowledgment of the shifting media landscape and the increasing reliance on digital references, the company said its current encyclopedia – the 32-volume, 129-pound 2010 edition – will be unavailable once the existing stock runs out. (If you’re interested, it’s yours for $1,395 and there are only 4,000 sets left.) The digital version of the encyclopedia, however, will live on.
“This has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Google,” said Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. President Jorge Cauz in an interview with the AP. “This has to do with the fact that now Britannica sells it digital products to a large number of people.” Despite his comments, it’s easy to see how Wikipedia, the 11-year-old crowd-sourced encyclopedia, and the rise of similar online research materials have eaten into Encyclopaedia Britannica’s market. As The LA Times’s Jacket Copy blog puts it, “The 11-year-old crowd-sourced encyclopedia is online, and it's free. Encyclopaedia Britannica's most recent edition sells for $1,395.”
Though Wikipedia and Google may be the prevailing research modes of choice today, those who came of age before the instant-access of Internet retain a sense of attachment and goodwill toward Britannica and the authority and reliability its bound volumes represented.
The print form of Encyclopedia Britannica was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768. Sales of Britannica peaked in 1990 with 120,000 sets sold in the US. In contrast, Britannica has sold about 8,000 sets of its latest edition, the 2010 set, and has 4,000 more in stock.
Today, print encyclopedias account for less than 1 percent of Britannica’s revenue, reports The New York Times. (Instead, some 85 percent of the revenue comes from educational products and 15 percent from the $70 subscription to its website, which about half a million households pay.)
“A printed encyclopedia is obsolete the minute that you print it," Cauz told the AP. "Whereas our online edition is updated continuously.... The sales of printed encyclopedias have been negligible for several years. We knew this was going to come.”
Indeed, most libraries have shifted the bulk of their resources to digital materials, though print reference materials continue to be available. And though older generations uncomfortable with digital technology prefer print reference materials, the vast majority of students and younger generations simply go online, where material is readily accessible and continuously updated – if slightly less authoritative.
Nonetheless, the discontinuance of the flagship reference set will be mourned by those for whom “having the Encyclopedia Britannica on the bookshelf was akin to a station wagon in the garage or a black-and-white Zenith in the den, a possession coveted for its usefulness and as a goalpost for an aspirational middle class,” writes The New York Times.
“It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Cauz told The New York Times. “Some people will feel sad about it and nostalgic about it. But we have a better tool now. The Web site is continuously updated, it’s much more expansive and it has multimedia.”
csmonitor.com
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14 marzo 2012. Dieci anni fa oggi.
L'Enciclopedia Britannica pone fine all'editoria cartacea. I familiari libri di riferimento dell'Enciclopedia Britannica saranno ora pubblicati solo in formato digitale, afferma l'azienda. Che fosse un bene prezioso pagato a rate e amorevolmente esposto sullo scaffale più alto, un fermaporta trascurato o semplicemente inesistente nella tua famiglia, senza dubbio hai familiarizzato con la vista dell'Enciclopedia Britannica. Ma ora i giorni dei bei libri di consultazione con lettere d'oro sono finiti.
L'Enciclopedia Britannica Inc. ha annunciato martedì che interromperà la pubblicazione di edizioni cartacee del suo prodotto esclusivo per la prima volta nei suoi 244 anni di storia. In un riconoscimento del mutevole panorama dei media e della crescente dipendenza dai riferimenti digitali, la società ha affermato che la sua attuale enciclopedia - l'edizione 2010 in 32 volumi e 129 libbre - non sarà disponibile una volta esaurite le scorte esistenti. (Se sei interessato, è tuo per $ 1.395 e sono rimasti solo 4.000 set.) La versione digitale dell'enciclopedia, tuttavia, vivrà.
"Questo non ha nulla a che fare con Wikipedia o Google", ha affermato il presidente dell'Enciclopedia Britannica Inc. Jorge Cauz in un'intervista con l'AP. "Questo ha a che fare con il fatto che ora la Britannica vende prodotti digitali a un gran numero di persone". Nonostante i suoi commenti, è facile vedere come Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia crowdsourcing di 11 anni, e l'ascesa di simili materiali di ricerca online abbiano intaccato il mercato dell'Enciclopedia Britannica. Come dice il blog Jacket Copy del LA Times, "L'enciclopedia crowd-sourced di 11 anni è online ed è gratuita. L'edizione più recente dell'Enciclopedia Britannica è stata venduta a $ 1.395".
Sebbene Wikipedia e Google possano essere le modalità di ricerca prevalenti oggigiorno, coloro che sono diventati maggiorenni prima dell'accesso istantaneo a Internet conservano un senso di attaccamento e buona volontà verso la Britannica e l'autorità e l'affidabilità che i suoi volumi vincolati rappresentavano.
Il modulo cartaceo dell'Enciclopedia Britannica fu pubblicato per la prima volta a Edimburgo, in Scozia, nel 1768. Le vendite della Britannica raggiunsero il picco nel 1990 con 120.000 set venduti negli Stati Uniti. Al contrario, la Britannica ha venduto circa 8.000 set della sua ultima edizione, il set del 2010, e ne ha altri 4.000 in stock.
Oggi, le enciclopedie cartacee rappresentano meno dell'1% delle entrate della Britannica, riporta il New York Times. (Invece, circa l'85 percento delle entrate proviene da prodotti educativi e il 15 percento dall'abbonamento di $ 70 al suo sito Web, che paga circa mezzo milione di famiglie.)
"Un'enciclopedia stampata è obsoleta nel momento in cui la stampi", ha detto Cauz all'AP. "Mentre la nostra edizione online viene aggiornata continuamente... Le vendite di enciclopedie stampate sono state trascurabili per diversi anni. Sapevamo che sarebbe successo".
In effetti, la maggior parte delle biblioteche ha spostato la maggior parte delle proprie risorse su materiali digitali, sebbene i materiali di riferimento cartacei continuino ad essere disponibili. E sebbene le generazioni più anziane a disagio con la tecnologia digitale preferiscano i materiali di riferimento stampati, la stragrande maggioranza degli studenti e delle generazioni più giovani semplicemente si collega online, dove il materiale è facilmente accessibile e continuamente aggiornato, anche se leggermente meno autorevole.
Tuttavia, l'interruzione del set di riferimento dell'ammiraglia sarà pianto da coloro per i quali "avere l'Enciclopedia Britannica sullo scaffale era come una station wagon in garage o uno Zenith in bianco e nero nella tana, un bene ambito per la sua utilità e come punto di riferimento per un'ambiziosa classe media", scrive il New York Times.
"È un rito di passaggio in questa nuova era", ha detto Cauz al New York Times. “Alcune persone si sentiranno tristi e nostalgiche per questo. Ma ora abbiamo uno strumento migliore. Il sito Web è in continuo aggiornamento, è molto più ampio e multimediale”.
December 1, 2012
NOTE: This entry is for the online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Description: The online version is accessible through our provincial databases. The information is searchable through elementary, middle years, and high school levels and is accessible through print and audio.
Reaction: Students find this database easy to search and understand. The varying levels are ideal i a K-12 setting. One feature we particularly like is the suggested links for more information.
Recommended Level: All levels
Subjects/Themes: All subjects
Curriculum Connections: All curriculums
Description: The online version is accessible through our provincial databases. The information is searchable through elementary, middle years, and high school levels and is accessible through print and audio.
Reaction: Students find this database easy to search and understand. The varying levels are ideal i a K-12 setting. One feature we particularly like is the suggested links for more information.
Recommended Level: All levels
Subjects/Themes: All subjects
Curriculum Connections: All curriculums
May 31, 2020
I have subscribed to the online version for a number of years. It is simply the best encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britannica is not infallible, though. After intermittently pointing out several errors over the course of a year or two, I received a snarky email from an editor. Also, the Encyclopedia Britannica should consider offering discounts to long-term subscribers like myself.
April 28, 2012
Anonymous. (2007). The new encyclopaedia britannica (15th ed.). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Brittanica.
Citation created by: Tom Shaw
Call Number: Reference
Description: With over 240 years of expertise, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a benchmark for general knowledge reference.
Content/Scope: 4,000 contributors and 65,000 articles on subjects such as art, geography, science, sports, and more are detailed with full color images, charts, diagrams, and informative entries.
Accuracy/Authority: This book has received mostly positive reviews by reputable review sources.
Arrangement/Presentation: The 32 volume set is arranged in alphabetical order by subject with a supplemental index volume.
Timeliness/Permanence: This reference book was published in 2010, so its content and relevance will change little in the future. New hard copy editions will no longer be released as of 2012.
Cost: $2800.00
Rational for Selection: This resource should be a required component of any reference library. It is a great starting point for students doing research on a plethora of subjects.
Citation created by: Tom Shaw
Call Number: Reference
Description: With over 240 years of expertise, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a benchmark for general knowledge reference.
Content/Scope: 4,000 contributors and 65,000 articles on subjects such as art, geography, science, sports, and more are detailed with full color images, charts, diagrams, and informative entries.
Accuracy/Authority: This book has received mostly positive reviews by reputable review sources.
Arrangement/Presentation: The 32 volume set is arranged in alphabetical order by subject with a supplemental index volume.
Timeliness/Permanence: This reference book was published in 2010, so its content and relevance will change little in the future. New hard copy editions will no longer be released as of 2012.
Cost: $2800.00
Rational for Selection: This resource should be a required component of any reference library. It is a great starting point for students doing research on a plethora of subjects.
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April 30, 2012Encyclopaedia Brittanica Inc. (2010) The encyclopaedia britannica
ISBN-10: 1593398379. $3,550
Content/Scope: One cannot get much broader a scope than this set of encyclopaedia’s, and its scope includes all historical times, up to 2010. The company has ceased to print volumes, they will only be digital copies from now on.
Accuracy/Authority: Encyclopaedia Britannica is a world-renowned publisher of encyclopaedias and, as such, is consistently accurate and very authoritative.
Arrangement/Presentation: Alphabetically arranged, in separate volumes. Visually satisfying and very thorough.
Rationale: A good print reference collection should have an up-to-date encyclopaedia set, and this is the most current edition from E. B. that I could find available.
Professional Review: http://www.cro2.org.libsrv.wku.edu/de...
ISBN-10: 1593398379. $3,550
Content/Scope: One cannot get much broader a scope than this set of encyclopaedia’s, and its scope includes all historical times, up to 2010. The company has ceased to print volumes, they will only be digital copies from now on.
Accuracy/Authority: Encyclopaedia Britannica is a world-renowned publisher of encyclopaedias and, as such, is consistently accurate and very authoritative.
Arrangement/Presentation: Alphabetically arranged, in separate volumes. Visually satisfying and very thorough.
Rationale: A good print reference collection should have an up-to-date encyclopaedia set, and this is the most current edition from E. B. that I could find available.
Professional Review: http://www.cro2.org.libsrv.wku.edu/de...
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February 28, 2008My dad bought a set of these when I was 14 or 15, and I often got jacked up on caffeine and read some of the 'macropedia' (long version article half of the set). [The micropedia is pretty mcuh your standard enclyclopedia- short entries on everythings from Aardvarks to Zymurgy] The macropedia has some great articles on just about anything. There is also an index to learning in the front that puts everything in a comprehensive manner--Essentially, if you can't get into a fancy private university or two, or if your parents are those dowdy homeschooler types, this enclyclopedia can function as a virtually endless education (without the degree).
Works well in conjunction with the Great Books of the Western World series.
Works well in conjunction with the Great Books of the Western World series.
November 30, 2011
A set of these plus some other related books appeared in our house some time in the mid-fifties and stayed with the family until the 90's. They didn't get much use after the 60's but I used them a lot in my schoolwork. Mostly I just copied reports verbatim. Didn't seem to bother the teachers any. "Cobalt" and "John Cabot" come to mind. There must have been others. Date read is approximate.
November 13, 2009
Huhu...nostalgiaku! Gw inget nih pas akhir2 SD ampe awal2 SMP doyan banget baca nih ensiklopedia. Tapi ini sih koleksi Babe gw sih dan edisinya juga udah jadul...kalo ngga salah edisi 1982. Waktu itu, gw paling suka baca tentan sejarah negara sama tentang tokoh. Iseng juga yak....
July 4, 2009
I was so torn while reading this book. I couldn't tell if it was fiction or non-fiction. The drama was almost unbearable at times, riveting and engrossing. Then there were times when an Ambien would have kept me awake trying to turn the pages. Overall...the ending really made the book.
April 19, 2008
guess...
March 31, 2013
I love these. I bought the set as a graduation present for myself. And of course I haven't read it all.
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February 14, 2013A bit long, but very comprehensive.
October 31, 2024
البته قطعا همه جلدها رو نخوندم، اما اونقدری در تابستان های سال های کارشناسی، اون زمانی که هنوز اینترنت نبود، در مورد تاریخ اروپا درش بالا پایین رفتم که به خودم اجازه بدم بهش پنج ستاره بدم.
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