Knowledge at your Fingertips

The encyclopedia is an important as the dictionary because it covers almost all fields of knowledge-science, literature, painting, music, sports, and many others. Like the dictionary the items are arranged alphabetically. The encyclopedia usually comes in several volumes, and the last volume contains the index. Some examples of well-known encyclopedia are:
Encyclopedia Britannica
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Americana
Also, by using the computer, multimedia encyclopedias are also accessible. A multimedia encyclopedia is a collection of reference articles with texts, photographs, and diagrams supplemented by videos, animations, interactive features, sound clips, and other content. It has 3 forms 1. one or more CD-ROMs (Compact Disc Read-only Memory); 2. on a DVD-ROM (Digital Videodisc Re4ad-only Memory); and (3)online-that is, via the internet.
Examples:
www.Britannica.com
World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia
Microsoft Encarta