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We first launched the world book encyclopedia in 1917 and, since then, we have led market innovations while staying true to the trustworthiness, and readability upon. Name of reference source, edition, publisher, year of online publication, url or doi number. It focuses on offerings from encyclopaedia britannica and world book, including brittanica online public library edition, brittanica student. Access to the complete content on oxford reference requires a subscription or. Stay up to speed on all we have to offerplus activities, crafts, and blogs for parents and educators in our newsletter. The world book encyclopedia book chicago public library.
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