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- catalog abstract ""Throughout history, humans have sought ways not only to acquire but to preserve knowledge. From when to plant crops to who begat whom, even the earliest people worked to store information. Today, computers and other technologies have almost completely changed the world of information access." "This history traces the development of knowledge collection from early humans, whose minds served as repositories of culture and lore, through the first libraries and encyclopedias, to the many advances of the twentieth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12257304.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Throughout history, humans have sought ways not only to acquire but to preserve knowledge. From when to plant crops to who begat whom, even the earliest people worked to store information. Today, computers and other technologies have almost completely changed the world of information access." "This history traces the development of knowledge collection from early humans, whose minds served as repositories of culture and lore, through the first libraries and encyclopedias, to the many advances of the twentieth century."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1 The Loss of Knowledge 3 -- 2 The Greeks Had a Word for It 13 -- 3 Gifts from Asia 21 -- 4 The Early Accumulation of Books 29 -- 5 Medieval Scholarship 37 -- 6 The Printing Revolution 46 -- 7 The Uses and Abuses of the Bible 57 -- 8 Insight, Paradigms, and Prejudice 65 -- 9 Bacon and the New Outlook 75 -- 10 Diderot Banned 84 -- 11 Organizing Knowledge 93 -- 12 Coleridge, Encyclopedist of the Romantic Movement 102 -- 13 The Strange History of the Britannica 110 -- 14 Modern Encyclopedias Worldwide 120 -- 15 Modern American Encyclopedias 130 -- 16 The Growth of Libraries 140 -- 17 The Complexity of Learning 149 -- 18 Entering the Computer Age 159 -- 19 The New World of Hypertext 168 -- 20 Using the Great Electronic Encyclopedia 177 -- Appendix General Encyclopedias Published in English 187.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index.".
- catalog extent "vii, 200 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0786408405 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland,".
- catalog subject "025/.009 21".
- catalog subject "Encyclopedias and dictionaries History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Information organization History.".
- catalog subject "Information science History.".
- catalog subject "Learning and scholarship History.".
- catalog subject "Z666.5 .S76 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 The Loss of Knowledge 3 -- 2 The Greeks Had a Word for It 13 -- 3 Gifts from Asia 21 -- 4 The Early Accumulation of Books 29 -- 5 Medieval Scholarship 37 -- 6 The Printing Revolution 46 -- 7 The Uses and Abuses of the Bible 57 -- 8 Insight, Paradigms, and Prejudice 65 -- 9 Bacon and the New Outlook 75 -- 10 Diderot Banned 84 -- 11 Organizing Knowledge 93 -- 12 Coleridge, Encyclopedist of the Romantic Movement 102 -- 13 The Strange History of the Britannica 110 -- 14 Modern Encyclopedias Worldwide 120 -- 15 Modern American Encyclopedias 130 -- 16 The Growth of Libraries 140 -- 17 The Complexity of Learning 149 -- 18 Entering the Computer Age 159 -- 19 The New World of Hypertext 168 -- 20 Using the Great Electronic Encyclopedia 177 -- Appendix General Encyclopedias Published in English 187.".
- catalog title "A history of information storage and retrieval / by Foster Stockwell.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".