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bilingual dictionaries mostly compiled as an aid to learning a foreign language they are available in various sizes ranging from pocket size to
dictionaries useful for translationsdictionaries giving meaning of words from one language into another languagelanguages are known as bilingual or
lexiconit is derived from a greek word lexicon meaning dictionary each entry in the lexicon is known as lexis meaning a word lexicon is a dictionary
glossarythe word glossary originates from the latin word glossarium meaning a collection of words peculiar to a field of knowledge each entry in a
dictionary - meaning and scopedictionary is the most widely known and used reference book almost every household possesses a dictionary all school
special featuresthe prestige of the encyclopaedias is enhanced by some of the unique features employed in the publication of encyclopaediasi most of
limitationsevery set of encyclopaedia has some limitations and the librarian must be vigilant about these limitationsin order to keep the size of
revisionit is difficult and costly venture to produce a really authoritative encyclopaedia they get out of date in a course of time due to dynamic
formatthe format of an encyclopaedia depends upon the physical make up of an encyclopaedia it refers to the i usual appearance ii presentation of
arrangementthe articles of the encyclopaedias are arranged either in alphabetical or classified order depending upon the nature and size of articles
treatmentreadability objectivity and style are the three important criteria of topics in encyclopaediasreadability the topics covered by the
scope and purposeeditors usually state the scope and purpose of the encyclopaedia in the preface and introduction after proper scanning the buyers
authoritythe authoritiveness of an encyclopaedia can be judged by the reputation of the editor consult-ants contributors who are responsible for
evaluation of encyclopaediasa good and useful collection of general and special encyclopaedias form the backbone for the reference work in any
special subject encyclopaediait is rather common for the reference librarian to receive queries regarding specific subjects the answer of such
regionalnational encyclopaedialibraries all over the world possesses english language encyclopaedias in non-english languages which are rich in
general encyclopaedia - english languagethe common uses of the non-english western language encyclopaedias can be summarised as underthe collection
uses of general encyclopaediageneral encyclopaedia is usually referred to get background information on any subject they are used to find out
uses of encyclopaediasin this section we will discuss various uses of these encyclopaedias an encyclopaedia is a store house of knowledge and
special or subject encyclopaediasthere used to be a limited number of subject encyclopaedias in 19th century but now there is encyclopaedias for
general encyclopaediasgeneral encyclopaedias cover all the existing branches of human knowledge they are most popular and extensively used reference
various types of encyclopaediasin the previous section we have surveyed the genesis and development of encyclopaedia as one of the most popular
definition and scope of encyclopediathe word encyclopaedia is derived from the greek word enkyklios paideia meaning general education it meant
international yearbooks - subjectunlike general yearbook of international scope a subject yearbook restricts itself to cover world wide development
international yearbooks - generalinternational yearbooks of a general nature are very handy authentic and reliable manuals of descriptive and