The Columbia Encyclopedia 6th edition, published in 2008, is a single-volume reference work.
One example of an encyclopedia is "Encyclopædia Britannica", first published in 1768.
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.
To reference the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia in APA style, you should include the author (if available), publication date (if available), article title, encyclopedia name, URL, and access date. For example: Author. (Year). Article title. In The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Retrieved from URL. Accessed Date.
The encyclopedia Britannica is published in the United States.
Europe
Compton's Encyclopedia was published in Chicago, Illinois, by Compton's Learning Company.
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Encyclopedias date back about 2,000 years, but the exact year is not known. The oldest encyclopedia still in existence was written sometime around 77 AD. Modern encyclopedias have been around since the 17th century.
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