The New Columbia Encyclopedia

The New Columbia Encyclopedia
Author: William H. Harris
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 3052
Release: 1975
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN: 9780231035729

More than 50,000 alphabetically arranged articles on the humanities, social sciences, life and physical sciences, and geography.

The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia

The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia
Author: Paul Legasse
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 1000
Release: 1994
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780395624395

Designed to provide the most current information available in all fields of knowledge in a compact, portable volume, The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia is created in the United States for the particular reference needs of Ameri can readers. 210 maps, 145 diagrams, 37 tables, 100 b&w photographs.

The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama

The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
Author: Gabrielle H. Cody
Publisher:
Total Pages: 868
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama covers the period from 1860 to the present. ... The distinctive feature of this encyclopedia is the emphasis it places on the cultural context of dramatic works and their authors."--Preface.

Genre Analysis of Online Encyclopedias

Genre Analysis of Online Encyclopedias
Author: Anna Tereszkiewicz
Publisher: Wydawnictwo UJ
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2013-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 8323328137

The book is the first complete discussion of the genre of online encyclopedias. The first part of the book, preceded by a theoretical introduction into the concept of webgenres, gives a detailed overview of the types of encyclopedic websites, presenting the characteristics of their content, form and functionality. The second part of the publication concerns Wikipedia--the most popular online encyclopedia. The presentation of the structure of the portal is followed by an in-depth discussion of Wikipedia discourse features, describing the most conspicuous properties of the stylistic layer of this encyclopedia. The value of the book is additionally enhanced by many illustrations reproducing the analyzed websites.