大美百科全书.ppt

Encyclopedia Americana is the second largest encyclopedia in English and the first major multivolume[,m?lti‘v?lju:m]多卷的encyclopedia published in the United States. Encyclopedia Americana is a comprehensive introduction of the various aspects of a comprehensive national encyclopedia, it provides to all readers who is interested in the general knowledge of the past and present of the United States. Encyclopedia has 27 categories, including geography, history, politics, military, economy, science and technology, education, literature, movies, music, art, religion, press and publication(新闻出版), health and so forth. Encyclopedia Americana is short for EA, including 30 volumes(卷） and is a standard comprehensive encyclopedia. The encyclopedia has more than 45,000 articles, most of them more than 500 words and many running to considerable length (the United States article is over 300,000 words). The works coverage of American and Canadian geography and history has been a traditional strength. Encyclopedia Americana came out from 1829 - 1833, the first edition has 13 volumes.It was called “The Americana”.Under the auspice[‘?sp?,siz]主持 of George Edwin Rines, Encyclopedia Americana was highly supplement to the current 30 volumes. Later, the continuous revising system is used to update the content, and from 1923, published the Americana Annual《美国百科年鉴》, as the supplement of the book. easy to understand Emphasis the objectivity and the international stress on history, geography and biography, about 40% is biography, 20% is geography. “the constitution of the United States” “ the declaration of independence “ Today, Encyclopedia Americana lives on as an integral database within the Grolier Online product. ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA ONLINE 3.0 By 刘秭杉 侯明月 张芳萌 高晶