Whatever happened to Britannica
@amadeo (111937)
United States
January 9, 2018 11:27am CST
Good afternoon.
I was thinking went my children were ins school learning.
The first thing we bought was an set of encyclopedia
Remember could not afford the whole set and bout book no .1 and start a collection.I loved it .They had wealth on information.This is around the nineties.
Finally got the whole set.We did not have internet at that time.
We sat down and look up any information that we need to complete the assignment.Whatever happened to Britannica are they still around?
I know the set that we bought was not to expensive.
anyone here remember this revolution.Before 1992 or earlier.
share us your story.Thank ou
Photo image online.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
9 Jan 18
The books my late dad gave us are still all intact, not just Britanica but we have Americana, Junior encyclopedia ( my first set), popular science and the large set of " Great books oh the Western World" that is impossible to read in a lifetime
, still useful today but availble on the net.
I do not have the heart to get rid of them so we had a shelf built, just lying there togther with my children's pictures, awards, vintage and antique items I collected through the years. Yes the book sets were circa late 60s to early 70s
, still useful today but availble on the net.
I do not have the heart to get rid of them so we had a shelf built, just lying there togther with my children's pictures, awards, vintage and antique items I collected through the years. Yes the book sets were circa late 60s to early 70s1 person likes this
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
9 Jan 18
@amadeo yeah I check them out once in a while especially the year books that came wirh them, they gave us year books for a couple of years and all the important world events for the year were there. Popular science projects for kids are still very applicable.Great books of the western world do not go out of style, it has all the writings from Plato, Aristotle, to Shakespeare, Sigmund Freud etc... So many even classic books
Those Britanica on your picture are blue? Ours were colored brown, probably because they were older versions.
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Jan 18
@louieville wow that is great and you still have them.Cool.Do you check them out now and then for kicks?
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Jan 18
@louievill those are the latest and yes remember the brown .Yes you are right older version.
I am not sure they are blue.Look more like green.This color I remember
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
9 Jan 18
I did see a set of Britannica Encyclopedia at our local library.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 Jan 18
@amadeo Some months ago, when I went to the library, it was nice to look through those encyclopedias. It brought back memories of how I studied as a kid way before the internet.
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
10 Jan 18
@LeaPea2417 yes it does bring many memories.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Jan 18
Yes. I never had them but used them in school and at the library. I do have some older how to books, 1960`s and 1970`s, that I still refer back to sometimes.
People depend on the internet, if the grid ever went down, people would be useless, unless you have paper books!
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
9 Jan 18
Before we got the internet around 1992 or 1995 we were given a huge set of these books for free. I love reading through them. Then we got a computer and it had all that information on a program which I think was called encarta so we had no need for the huge books sitting around taking up space. Now anything we want to find out we can find a website about.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
21 Jan 18
When I was in school our teachers made us use Britannica to do our reports. It is available on line now
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
9 Jan 18
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Jan 18
My parents bought a set, the World Book Encyclopedias for their family. My Dad spent just as much time looking up information, as their four kids did. Our set was from the early 60s, so more recent historical facts weren't included. Soon they were outdated and I needed to go to a library when doing a research paper. Their information was correct, but not up to date. I really miss those days a lot!
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
9 Jan 18
@kobesbuddy same here so much fun and learning
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Jan 18
@amadeo I use to read those encyclopedias, instead of another book!
