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  2. World Book Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    World Book Encyclopedia (1990) World Book was founded in Chicago by publishers J. H. Hansen and John Bellow, who realized that existing encyclopedias were off-putting to readers. In 1915, they enlisted the help of Michael Vincent O'Shea, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin. [5]

  3. On the World Book Encyclopedia (and a little bit of ... - AOL

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    Columnist David Murdock still has his family's prized 1965 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia, and recalls pleasant hours reading it.

  4. List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Probert Encyclopaedia – online topical encyclopedia consisting of almost 100,000 short entries, published by Mathew Probert and based in the United Kingdom; World Book Encyclopedia – designed for family use; the world's best selling print encyclopedia

  5. List of English-language 20th-century general encyclopedias

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    New World Wide Encyclopedia (1918) World Wide Encyclopedia (1919) New World Encyclopedia (1919) (Link includes vol. 1) Adair's New Encyclopedia (1923) (Link includes vols. 2-5) Time's Encyclopedia and Gazetteer (1929) Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1930) Worlds Popular Encyclopedia (1937)

  6. List of encyclopedias by date - Wikipedia

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    Adab al-katib (The book of knowledge) by Ibn Qutayba (828–889); the earliest Arabic work that could be called an encyclopedia [dubious – discuss] Bibliotheca by Patriarch Photius (9th century), the earliest Byzantine work that could be called an encyclopedia; Hrabanus Maurus, 842. De rerum naturis (On the nature of things), derived from ...

  7. List of online encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Online encyclopedia of the natural and cultural heritage of Slovenia, operated by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Scientific Research Center. [16] Free Dictionary of Sydney: English Articles on the history and culture of Sydney, Australia: Free Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd edition English About the Islamic world, not a Muslim encyclopedia