Purchasing an Encyclopedia: 12 Points to Consider

Author:   Sandy Whiteley
Publisher:   American Library Association
Edition:   4th Revised edition
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9780838957547


Pages:   48
Publication Date:   31 January 1993
Format:   Paperback
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Purchasing an Encyclopedia: 12 Points to Consider


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This guide to the selection and purchase of encyclopaedias for library, home and school discusses criteria for evaluating encyclopaedias and provides individual reviews of nine multi-volume encyclopaedia sets now on the market, including electronic encyclopaedias and encyclopaedias sold in retail stores. The first section of the booklet describes how to select an encyclopaedia for library or home. The second section provides critical reviews written by the editorial board of Reference Books Bulletin of the following sets: Academic American Encyclopaedia , Collier's Encyclopaedia , Compton's Encylopaedia , Encyclopaedia Americana , Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopaedia , New Book of Knowledge New Encyclopaedia Briticanna , New Standard Encyclopaedia and World Book Encyclopaedia . This book should be a useful advisory tool for both reference and circulating collections.

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Author:   Sandy Whiteley
Publisher:   American Library Association
Imprint:   ALA Editions
Edition:   4th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780838957547


ISBN 10:   0838957544
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   31 January 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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