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Q) Encyclopedias make vast volume of knowledge accessible to readers. It can help in satisfying their curiosity. Encyclopedias provide fundamental information on any topic, in order to understand it properly. Thus, the reader gets motivated to read extensively. Encyclopedias make the existing knowledge easily accessible to scholars and researchers and also highlight the research areas, which have not yet received enough attention. Encyclopedias are indicators of the state of cultural ripeness of a society. The intellectual and cultural needs of a society determine what kind of encyclopedic Literature would be created.

Accuracy, meticulousness, objectivity, standardised format of presentation and updated information are the criteria for designing a structure of an encyclopedia. In order to incorporate the latest available information revised editions of encyclopedias or supplements to original editions need to be published.

Encyclopedias are arranged either in alphabetical order or according to the order or topics. The type of order is decided by keeping the convenience of readers in mind and the ease of accessibility to the information. An index at the end of the encyclopedia is very convenient in this regard.

Questions:-


1) how are encyclopaedias
arranged


2) What are the criteria for designing a structure of an encyclopaedia?


3) write any two criteria that are important for designing the structure of an encyclopaedia?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) - Encyclopedias are arranged either in alphabetical order or according to the order or topics.

2)- Accuracy, meticulousness, objectivity, standardised format of presentation and updated information are the criteria for designing a structure of an encyclopedia.

3)- accuracy and updated information

Answer 2

Answer:what's are the criteria for designing a structrue of an encyclopaedia

Explanation: