Columbia Encyclopedia

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Columbia Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia Fifth Edition.jpg
Fifth edition cover
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Encyclopedia
Publisher Columbia University Press
Publication date
1935
Media typePrint
Pagesabout 3,200 (sixth edition) [1]

The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia [2] produced by Columbia University Press and, in the last edition, sold by the Gale Group. [1] First published in 1935, [3] and continuing its relationship with Columbia University, the encyclopedia underwent major revisions in 1950 and 1963; [2] the current edition is the sixth, printed in 2000. It contains over 51,000 articles totaling some 6.5 million words and has also been published in two volumes.

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An electronic version of the encyclopedia is available, and the Columbia Encyclopedia is licensed by several different companies for use over the Internet. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "New! The Columbia Encyclopedia" (PDF). Gale Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Columbia Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica . April 29, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. "The First Edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia Published 1935". Facebook . Columbia University Press. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2015. In 1928, Columbia University Press had established a separate editorial department with the intention of publishing the Columbia Encyclopedia, the first comprehensive English-language encyclopedia in one volume. In 1935, the first edition of the encyclopedia was published.
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