World book encyclopedia 2010 edition

Chicago vocus january 30, 2010 with more than 4,000 expert contributors, advisers, editors, and researchers collaborating to ensure articles are understandable, accurate, and reflect current scholarship, the newly published world book encyclopedia 2010 includes thousands of new and revised articles across all disciplines and topics. The encyclopedia deliberately uses nontechnical language and abundant graphics to make it especially accessible to students and general readers without sacrificing depth and accuracy. The best encyclopedia is the one that gets used and world book has expended much effort studying the habits of readers, school curricula, and patterns of classroom use to ensure that this encyclopedia is one that will indeed be used. World book encyclopediapublished since 1917, the world book encyclopedia is a general reference work. Encyclopedia name, publisher, year, published, page s. Title author type language date edition publication. From the garden of eden, to the female creators of acoma indians, to the rival creators of the basonge tribe in the congo, creation myths of the world. Mar, 2012 at least one other generalinterest encyclopedia in the united states, the world book, is still printing a 22volume yearly edition, said jennifer parello, a spokeswoman for world book inc.

The editors of the first edition emphasized the use of everyday, simple language in the eightvolume set. The world book encyclopedia 2010 by world book, inc. World book encyclopedia encyclopedia sets encyclopedia center. Jan 01, 2010 world book encyclopedia set 2010 edition. I often see my boys just sitting reading, or just paging through, a volume. Be sure to include the name of author if given, the name of the article, the name of the reference book, the edition, and the year of publication. Jan 30, 2010 chicago vocus january 30, 2010 with more than 4,000 expert contributors, advisers, editors, and researchers collaborating to ensure articles are understandable, accurate, and reflect current scholarship, the newly published world book encyclopedia 2010 includes thousands of new and revised articles across all disciplines and topics. It focuses on offerings from encyclopaedia britannica and world book, including brittanica online public library edition, brittanica student encyclopedia, and.

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World book encyclopedia, american encyclopaedia designed to meet the curriculum needs of elementary through highschool students. A world of student resources, easyto understand articles, and builtin research tools. Start your exploration from the waterstream home screen. Help with common issues and questions with apa 6th ed. Abcclios breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. Education is world book s commitment and its editorial team is world book s strength. If it is a print book you can find its call number and then the volume and page numbers for your topic. Practical images and clear concise text make it a good source for locating information. After 244 years, encyclopaedia britannica stops the presses.

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