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An ‘e.encyclopedia’ for all ages
BASED on updated web research resources, e-encyclopedia is an innovative research book that virtually takes parents, teachers, and children on a voyage beyond words into cyberspace putting them in touch with the best that internet has to offer.
Brought out by DK Publishing in collaboration with Google, world’s leading internet search engine, this modern information-packed work has over 400 pages on almost everything from nature’s effects to urban influences to planetary science.
The e.encyclopedia incorporates nine head subject areas including Space, Earth, Nature, Human Body, Science & Technology, People and Places, Society and Beliefs, Arts & Entertainment, and History. It best suits learners of all kinds who use internet as a reference tool for learning. With more than 600 entries, the encyclopedia features more than 2,000 full-colour, charts, timelines and annotated maps. Each entry provides easy-to-understand tidbits of knowledge mixed with some breath-taking, fantabulous photos and after viewing them you feel as if you had travelled the world.
The information stuffed in this book is very well organized and indexed which makes searching very easy. and it seems that it is made so in order to help particularly the young scholars to enhance their general knowledge as they will be acquainted with everything from where does space begin to what the brain is made of to do all faiths have a god.
The gray “e” indicators for designated keyword on each page directs readers to e.encyclopedia’s dedicated website, powered by Google, which links information-seekers to a pre-selected range of more than 1,000 authoritative sites, clip art, and videos.
This way it makes it possible for readers to take virual tours, download dynamic satellite images, tap into real-time reports, and easily search wealth of online database resources. For instance, if you want some information on biotechnology, you just have to look it up in the index and find it called out in bold for page 208.
When you go to this page, you find an explanatory captions on biotechnology with a colourful photo and Cross-references at the bottom. You’ll also find the gray “e” button, signaling you to type in “biotechnology” as a keyword into the e.encyclopedia
Although querying few subjects may not provide desired information in detail, this handy book links users to age-appropriate sites, and offers enough to keep readers busy surfing, both on and offline, for hours giving readers a rich, multimedia learning experience. Overall, an excellent book for knowledge-hungry readers.
The writer is sub editor, Sci-tech World
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