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      • Encyclopedias, once considered indispensable tomes for higher education, have largely gone the way of the dodo: extinct. The print encyclopedia format simply cannot compete with online resources in terms of information accessibility, volume, price and date relevance.
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  2. Jun 9, 2023 · A World Book rep told Quartz in 2019 that the print encyclopedia sold mostly to schools, public libraries, and homeschooling families. Today, Evans says that public and school libraries...

  3. Mar 19, 2012 · Paper encyclopedias are large, heavy, and expensive ($1,395 for the final print edition of Britannica ). They are nowhere near as easily and thoroughly searchable as their digital counterparts....

  4. Mar 14, 2012 · The book-form of Encyclopaedia Britannica has been in print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768. It will stop being available when the current stock runs out, the company...

  5. Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition. [2] . The encyclopedia is designed to cover major areas of knowledge uniformly, but it shows particular strength in scientific, technical, historical and medical subjects. [3]

  6. Jan 20, 2017 · Encyclopedias have existed for around 2,000 years; the oldest still in existence, Naturalis Historia, was started in 77 by Pliny the Elder. Encyclopedias were also relevant in the middle ages...

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  7. Mar 14, 2012 · CHICAGO — After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print, is going “completely digital.” “The end of the print set is something we’ve...

  8. Mar 13, 2012 · Still — this marks the first time in 244 years that the encyclopedia will not be available in print form. The AP reports it was first published in Scotland in 1768.

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