encyclopaedias are looked upon as an outstanding achievements of the society.Explain.
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The structure of an Encyclopedia is influenced by national policies, ethical values and ideals. ... (iv) Since encyclopaedias reflect outstanding achievements of society, it is a manifestation of the collective intellect and creativity of a society
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Encyclopaedia, also spelled encyclopedia, reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge in a comprehensive manner.
For more than 2,000 years encyclopaedias have existed as summaries of extant scholarship in forms comprehensible to their readers. The word encyclopaedia is derived from the Greek enkyklios paideia, “general education,” and it at first meant a circle or a complete system of learning—that is, an all-around education. Encyclopaedias have come in all sizes, from a single 200-page volume written by one man to giant sets of 100 volumes or more. The degree of coverage of knowledge has varied according to the time and country of publication. Illustrations, atlases, and bibliographies have been omitted from many encyclopaedias, and for a long time it was not thought fitting to include biographies of living persons. Alphabetical arrangement was as strongly opposed as the use of any language but Latin, at least in the first 1,000 years of publication in the West, and skilled group editorship has a history of some 200 years.
It gives information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject so, encyclopaedias are looked upon as an outstanding achievements of the society.