Yet with the disappearance of paper encyclopedias, a part of the Western intellectual tradition is disappearing as well. I am not speaking of the idea of impartial, objective, and meticulously ...

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEVELAND HISTORY is a collaborated effort between CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, and the northeastern Ohio community. Originating in the ...

Remember when Wikipedia was a joke? In its first decade of life, the website appeared in as many punch lines as headlines. The Office's Michael Scott called it “the best thing ever,” because “anyone ...

Following are samples of the 50,000+ entries, photos, diagrams and charts in this tech reference, written by Alan Freedman, one of the first computer programmers in America (more about the author at ...

Donald Sobol, the creator of the beloved character Encyclopedia Brown, died last week of natural causes, his family says. He was 87. The first in the Encyclopedia Brown series book was published in ...