[bookshare-discuss] Re: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  • From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 14:04:55 -0500

Different researchers have made comparisons of Wiki articles to Britannica articles in terms of accuracy, and were surprised to find that Wiki as accurate when it came to factual data. Smile. I thought that was pretty interesting when I read about it. In terms of biographies/histories - both contained equal amounts of what was considered 'bias' in how the information was presented.
I'm another one of those who as a kid would check out encyclopedias and read them. Grin. Loved it. Nowadays, I love going into wiki and just doing a random browse to learn something new. 

Judy s.

Nancy Feldman wrote:

I love Wiki, actually, but some entries aren't very well fleshed out.  And
sometimes it's hard to determine validity; after all, well-written doesn't
always mean true.

What's your favorite dictionary site?

-----Original Message-----
From: Shelley L. Rhodes [mailto:guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:28 PM 
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

I use the online dictionaries,

And

Wickopedia is one of the most accurate encyclopedieas on the market today
and free, smile.


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Feldman" <nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Dictionaries and Encyclopedias



These two items have been much on my mind of late.

When I was in elementary school, we had a huge World Book Encyclopedia, in
153 volumes or some huge number.  There's a funny story about that
dictionary.  I didn't realize it was out-of-date, and so I wrote a report
one day about presidents, and said that Kennedy was still alive.  (I was
born in 1967, folks.)  <Smile>
This was because the encyclopedia was copyright 1959 and, of course, he was 
alive back then.  I was young, what can I say?

In any case, does someone still publish these huge encyclopedias?  Any
chance of getting them on Bookshare?

Similarly, what about a good Oxford dictionary?

Failing that, is there someplace I can get both of these in a convenient
electronic format?

Finally, I'd love to see a scrabble dictionary for Bookshare.

Thanks.


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