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The Random House Encyclopedia
Cover
Cover of 1990 revised edition
AuthorVarious experts of different subjects. Editor in chief James Mitchell and editorial director Jess Stein.
Cover artistPeter Bradford and Orville Ottey
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreEncyclopaedia
Published1977 and 1990 by Random House
Pagesabout 2911 (revised edition)
ISBN0-39458450-3

The Random House Encyclopedia is an English language one-volume encyclopaedia published by Random House.[1][2] Its first edition was published in 1977[3][2] and revised edition in 1990.[2] It was divided into two sections: Colorpedia, which is made of lengthy articles and Alphapedia, which has short alphabetically arranged ones.[1][2] There was an electronic format made of the encyclopaedia from its 1990 edition.[4] It was made for the MS-DOS 3.3 operating system and was distributed on sixteen 5 1⁄4-inch floppy disks and also on eight 3 1⁄2-inch floppy disks. It has more than 20,000 articles.[5][4]

Contents[edit]

  • Example of an article about reference books.[6]
    Example of an article about reference books.[6]
  • Preface 6[7]
  • Staff, Contributors, and Consultants 8
  • Organization of the Encyclopedia 12
  • Colorpedia: Detailed Contents 16
  • Time Chart: Contents 28
  • Atlas: Contents 29
  • Colorpedia: Text 30
  1. The Universe 32
  2. The Earth 160
  3. Life on Earth 400
  4. Man 640
  5. History and Culture 944
  6. Man and Science 1432
  7. Man and Machines 1576
  8. Time Chart: Text 1825
  • Alphapedia 1876
  • Bibliography 2761
  • Picture Credits 2771
  • Art Credits 2781
  • Atlas of the World A1
  • Atlas Index A83 [7]

New works of reference
In the future, printed reference books will undoubtedly be supplemented by more technologically advanced ways of storing and retrieving information. Computer data banks can hold an enormous amount of information in a way that enables it to be available instantly and readily updated.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "encyclopaedia". Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Vol. Editing and publishing: The length of encyclopaedias and encyclopaedic articles. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2015. ISBN 978-1625132963.
  2. ^ a b c d "Encyclopedia". Encarta Multimedia Encyclopedia. Vol. V. North American encyclopedias. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. 2009.
  3. ^ Kobasa, Paul A. (2013). "Encyclopedia". The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. Vol. Encyclopedias of the 1800s and 1900s. Chicago: World Book, Inc. ISBN 9780716683322.
  4. ^ a b "The Random House encyclopedia [computer file]". Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 July 2016. Published/Created Pittsford, NY : Microlytics, c 1990.
  5. ^ "The Random House Encyclopedia for Windows". PC Magazine. Vol. 12, no. 10. Ziff Davis, Inc. 25 May 1993. pp. 193–194. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Reference Books". The Random House Encyclopedia. Vol. Man and Machines. New York: Random House. 1990. pp. 1780. ISBN 0-39458450-3.
  7. ^ a b "Contents". The Random House Encyclopedia. New York: Random House. 1990. pp. 5. ISBN 0-39458450-3.
  8. ^ "Reference Books". The Random House Encyclopedia. Vol. Man and Machines. New York: Random House. 1990. pp. 1781. ISBN 0-39458450-3.


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