The ''Columbia Encyclopedia'' is a one-volume
encyclopedia produced by
Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...
and, in the last edition, sold by the
Gale Group
Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007.
The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale G ...
.
First published in 1935, and continuing its relationship with
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, the encyclopedia underwent major revisions in 1950 and 1963;
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.
An electronic version of the encyclopedia is available, and the ''Columbia Encyclopedia'' is licensed by several different companies for use over the Internet.
See also
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Lincoln Library of Essential Information
The ''Lincoln Library of Essential Information'' was originally published as a one-volume general-reference work, in 1924. In later years, it was published in two- and three-volume editions, and the title was changed.
The first edition of the ''L ...
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Lists of encyclopedias
For lists of encyclopedias, see:
* List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
* List of encyclopedias by date
* List of encyclopedias by language
* List of online encyclopedias
See also
* Bibliography of encyclopedias
* List of almanacs
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List of online encyclopedias
References
1935 non-fiction books
2000 non-fiction books
20th-century encyclopedias
American online encyclopedias
Cengage books
Single-volume general reference works
Columbia University Press books
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