(1) What is a brief history of the encyclopedia?
-Pliny the Elder:A Roman statesman compiled a work of 37 chapters covering natural history, art and architecture, medicine, geography, geology and all aspects of the world around him.
-Middle Ages:The work De nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae ("The wedding of Mercury and Philologia") written by Martianus Capella (4th-5th century),which consists in a complete encyclopedia of classical erudition,firstly introduced the division and classification of the seven liberal arts. And the first Christian encyclopedia were the Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum of Cassiodorus (543-560).
-17th–19th centuries:The beginnings of the modern idea of the general-purpose, widely distributed printed encyclopedia precede the 18th century encyclopedists.
-20th century:
Early-Popular and affordable encyclopaedias such as Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia and the Children's Encyclopaedia appeared.
Middle-Several encyclopedias,which were notable for synthesizing important topics in specific fields,were released, often by means of new works authored by significant researchers.
Late-encyclopedias were being published on CD-ROMs for use with personal computers.
-21st century：
The encyclopedia's hierarchical structure and evolving nature is particularly adaptable to a digital format
-Disk-based ( DVD-ROM or CD-ROM format)
-Media ( animation , audio and video )
-Hyperlink
Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia
(2) What are some key features of that encyclopedia?-Pliny the Elder:A Roman statesman compiled a work of 37 chapters covering natural history, art and architecture, medicine, geography, geology and all aspects of the world around him.
-Middle Ages:The work De nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae ("The wedding of Mercury and Philologia") written by Martianus Capella (4th-5th century),which consists in a complete encyclopedia of classical erudition,firstly introduced the division and classification of the seven liberal arts. And the first Christian encyclopedia were the Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum of Cassiodorus (543-560).
-17th–19th centuries:The beginnings of the modern idea of the general-purpose, widely distributed printed encyclopedia precede the 18th century encyclopedists.
-20th century:
Early-Popular and affordable encyclopaedias such as Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia and the Children's Encyclopaedia appeared.
Middle-Several encyclopedias,which were notable for synthesizing important topics in specific fields,were released, often by means of new works authored by significant researchers.
Late-encyclopedias were being published on CD-ROMs for use with personal computers.
-21st century：
The encyclopedia's hierarchical structure and evolving nature is particularly adaptable to a digital format
-Disk-based ( DVD-ROM or CD-ROM format)
-Media ( animation , audio and video )
-Hyperlink
Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia
(a)according to Wikipedia
-multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project
-written collaboratively by largely anonymous Internet volunteers who write without pay
- continually created and updated, with articles on historic events appearing within minutes, rather than months or years.
Reference：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About
-written collaboratively by largely anonymous Internet volunteers who write without pay
- continually created and updated, with articles on historic events appearing within minutes, rather than months or years.
Reference：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About
(b)according to Encyclopedia Brittannica4
-general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia
-available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet
-about 100 full-time editors and 15th edition
-continuous revision:continually reprinted and every article updated on a schedule
Reference：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/186618/Encyclopaedia-Britannica
(3)Which encyclopedia was most useful for this research?
In my opinion,Wikipedia is more useful for me to do any research. This is becuae it is easy and quick to access to the informatiion by tying the key words with the krybroad in the Interent. And there are a lot of versions of languages for our convenience. Some key term in the article even affix with the link,which provides convenience for us to easily understand and find out the further infotmation. Besides,the quality of information on the websites is trustable because of the control of the team in Wikiped
In my opinion,Wikipedia is more useful for me to do any research. This is becuae it is easy and quick to access to the informatiion by tying the key words with the krybroad in the Interent. And there are a lot of versions of languages for our convenience. Some key term in the article even affix with the link,which provides convenience for us to easily understand and find out the further infotmation. Besides,the quality of information on the websites is trustable because of the control of the team in Wikiped
(4) Can you trust this encyclopedia (the one you used) 100%? Why or why not?
No. I can't trust Wikipedia 100% although I believe so far it is the most useful encyclopedia for me. However,It is impossible that all things written on Wikipedia is truth when the autors are lots of anonymous Internet volunteers even some of them are professional people. Or we can say that Everyone makes mistakes. Therefore,100%truth is not existed until now but we can try to refer to it and then find out the more trustable answers with our understanding and contemplation.
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