Academic American Encyclopedia

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Academic American Encyclopedia is a 21-volume general

Nielsen Media Research
in 1999).

Arête Encyclopedia

The initial product, Arête Encyclopedia, was created on a schedule that was too tight resulting in many difficulties. The first Vice President of Editorial, Larry Lustig, came from Encyclopaedia Britannica and found the pressure too great. He was replaced by Michael Reed who came from World Book Encyclopedia. Reed asked several times to have the production schedule lengthened to straighten out what had already been produced and assure reasonable time for completion. After six months, with no schedule change, Reed resigned rather than have his name associated with the work.

Grolier acquired the encyclopedia in 1982. It has also been published under the names Grolier Academic Encyclopedia, Grolier International Encyclopedia, Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, Macmillan Family Encyclopedia, Barnes & Noble New American Encyclopedia, and Global International Encyclopedia.[1]

An abridged version was known as the Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge.[1]

The full text of the encyclopedia was available to 200 homes in Columbus, Ohio in 1980, as part of an experiment sponsored by OCLC. A year later, the text was available to subscribers of The New York Times Information Bank, the Dow Jones News/Retrieval and CompuServe.[citation needed]

Arête Publishing's interactive version, including illustrations, video and audio stored on videodisk was shown at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1982.[2]

Electronic version

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.[1]

The CD-ROM version features a search function and offers the complete text of the Academic American Encyclopedia, including illustrations, photographs, animated maps, music and videos.

In co-operation with The Software Toolworks company was created The Software Toolworks Illustrated Encyclopedia.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kister's Best Encyclopedias, 1994
  2. ^ Information Technology and Its Impact on American Education, Washington, D.C: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1982.
  3. PC Magazine
    : 42. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  4. ISBN 978-0-316-27766-2
    .

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