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{{Short description|American encyclopedia}}
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The '''''World Book Encyclopedia''''' is an American [[encyclopedia]].<ref name=":1" /> ''World Book'' was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=World Book Encyclopedia {{!}} reference work|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-World-Book-Encyclopedia|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> Although published online in digital form for a number of years, ''World Book'' is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Transformation and the Death of the Encyclopedia {{!}} OnShape |url=https://redingtongroup.com/india/onshape/blog/digital-transformation-and-the-death-of-the-encyclopedia/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=redingtongroup.com}}</ref> The encyclopedia is designed to cover major areas of knowledge uniformly, but it shows particular strength in scientific, technical, historical and medical subjects.<ref name="indiana">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/libguide/ency/12.html |title=Encyclopedias in English and Other Languages |publisher=Library Research Guides. Indiana University |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619073314/http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/libguide/ency/12.html |archivedate=June 19, 2012 }}</ref>
World Book, Inc. is based in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name=":1" /> According to the company, the latest edition, ''World Book Encyclopedia
World Book also publishes children's non-fiction and picture books under the Bright Connections Media imprint, and educational development and supplemental instructional resources through Incentive Publications by ''World Book''.
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In 1952, World Book moved its office into the [[Merchandise Mart]] in Chicago.<ref name=":2" />
In 1962, World Book published its first hardcover edition of ''Year Book'', replacing the previous paperback yearbooks that go as far back as the 1920s.<ref name=":2" />
In 1963, the ''[[World Book Dictionary]]'' based on the works of [[Clarence Barnhart]], was published as a companion to the encyclopedia.
In 1977, staff members of World Book visited [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] in the [[White House]].<ref name=":2" />
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* {{Official website|name=''World Book Encyclopedia'' official website}}
* [https://www.worldbookonline.com/ ''World Book Online''] (Subscription required)▼
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002787635 Eight-volume 1918 edition] on [[HathiTrust]]▼
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/
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▲* [https://www.worldbookonline.com/ ''World Book Online'']
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▲* {{Cite book|url=http://www.mackiev.com/world_book.html |title=World Book Encyclopedia|edition=Electronic |publisher= Software MacKiev}}
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