The topic heading of the World Book Encyclopedia is "Encyclopedia." It is a comprehensive reference work that covers a wide range of topics and subjects.
Some good encyclopedias for students are Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, and DK Children's Encyclopedia. They provide accurate and easy-to-understand information on a wide range of topics suitable for student research.
Dorothy Straight didn't publish a world book encyclopedia, but she did publish the book: How the World Began in 1964 when she was four.
The World Book Encyclopedia can be purchased directly form the World Book website. World Book is owned by the firm of Scott Fetzer. It was first published in 1917.
Hi. I am a librarian in training. Wikipedia is considered a general encyclopedia, meaning that it covers all areas of information. Encyclopedias are supposed to provide an overview of a topic. Some other examples of general encyclopedias include Encyclopædi Britannica and The World Book Encyclopedia/World Book Online. The citations to these sources are: Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. The World Book Discovery Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2009 The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2018. Also available online as World Book Online.
As the world is constantly changing, the World Book Encyclopedia is generally published each year. New editions of the World Book Encyclopedia have been published since 1917, and continue even today in 2013.
The World Book Encyclopedia mainly uses a custom-designed typeface called "World Book Academic". It was specifically designed for the publication to ensure clarity and readability for the content presented in the encyclopedia.
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Some popular encyclopedia sets include Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, and Encyclopædia Universalis.
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The first edition of the World Book Encyclopedia was printed in 1917.
No, Dorothy Straight is not the author of The World Book Encyclopedia. The World Book Encyclopedia is a general reference work published by World Book, Inc. and written and edited by a team of contributors.
There are hundreds of authors of the 2006 World Book Encyclopedia. Each article in every volume is written by an individual author.