Encyclopedia Comparison

Encyclopedia Comparison Reference Answer February 9, 2008

i

Encyclopedia Americana

ii

Does it have material user is likely to need? Is it comprehensible to intended user?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes..age appropriate

Yes

Yes

Yes

yes

Is it produced by reputable people?

Yes

Yes

yes

Is it reliable?

Yes

Yes

Peer submission & evaluation vi Yes

Is it free from bias & stereotyping? Is it reasonably current?

…cultural bias reasonable

…cultural bias yes

…submitter bias yes

cultural bias??? yes

Is it easy to use w/ contents readily accessible? Is it adequately illustrated? Is the book well made and aesthetically pleasing? Does it offer any special or unique features?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes Yes

yes yes

no yes

yes yes

no

free

Is it available in print & electronic form –which is right?

Print iii no

has Micropaedia a shorter version than the macropaedia Print iv www.britannica.com

Electronic

Print

Is it fairly priced?

v

v

v

2006 $879.00 v Especially with its extensive coverage of American studies, Encyclopedia Americana is an excellent resource for high-school, public, and academic libraries."

2007 $1295.00 v Encyclopaedia Britannica continues to be an authoritative resource..." - Booklist

free

What do publishers reviews say?

Britannica

vii

Wikipedia

see endnote from Nature Magazine vii

The New Book of Knowledge viii

yes

$659.00

How does it compare with major competitors? Compare & Contrast Nuclear Fusion

Booklist, September 15, 2006. duh

duh

better

great

good, indepth, lots of pages

just a few paragraphs

Beautiful, illustrated, well spelled out.

Compare & Contrast Reconquest of Spain

lots of good stuff… not well divided

very very limited. gotta search thru stuff

Compare & Contrast Star Trek

nothin

nothin

complete and extensive…offers links to more info… provides ready references list of time lines of conquests and related info. Extensive information

nicely laid out and well explained. nothin

i

Abraham, Henry J. et al.. Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier. Connecticut; 2001 Safra, Jacob E. COB. The New Encyclopaedic Britannica 15th Edition Micropaedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. Chicago;2005 iii google.com. 2007 google.com. 28 Nov 2007. http://www.google.com/search?q=encyclopedia+americana&ie=utf8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a iv www.brittanica.com. 2007 Encyclopaedic Britannica. 28 Nov 2007. http://www.britannica.com/ v www.encyclopediacenter.com 2006-2007 Encyclopediacenter.com 28 Nov 2007. http://www.encyclopediacenter.com/Encyclopedia_Britannica.html?gclid=CIGkvdb1_48CFQIQFQodMWg2uA vi Nature.com. 2007. Nature Publishing Group. 28 Nov 2007. Nature 438, 900-901 (15 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438900a; Published online 14 December 2005 vii www.wikipedia.com 2007. http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/. 28 Nov 2007. viii Scholastic Library Publishing. The New Book of Knowledge . 2006. ii