2. DEFINITION
 Usually a set of books in reference
 Includes a variety of topics and information about
people, places, and things
 Gives a good summary of the topic
 Answers questions: Who? What? Where? When?
How?

3. DEFINITION
 People - famous, made a contribution
 Examples: Presidents, Kings or Queens, explorers, scientists,
artists, inventors, composers
 Usually not celebrities
 Places -
 Examples: rivers, lakes, mountains, cities, states, countries,
continents
 Things - all other topics
 Examples: animals, dinosaurs, drawing, events, government,
history, holidays, money, planets, plants, rocks, sports, science

4. TYPES
 General
 Example: World Book Encyclopedia
 By Subject
 Example:

5. FORMAT
 Print (book) version
 Web based

6. FORMAT - PRINT

7. FORMAT - WEB

8. ARRANGEMENT
 Set of books in alphabetical order
 Each book in the set is called a volume
 Topics within each volume are in alphabetical
order
 Guide words are at the top of each page
 Index volume - alphabetical list of all topics in the
encyclopedia and what volume & pages

9. HELPFUL HINTS
 If a subject has 2 parts, look up under the first part
North America would be under N for North
Pacific Ocean would be under P for Pacific
 Look up a person under their last name
George Washington would be found under
Washington
King George would be found under George