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Fozooni, Babak – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2012
The paper assesses the political credibility of three encyclopaedias (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedia of Marxism and Wikipedia) in relation to three chosen topics (Friedrich Engels's biography; the political philosophy of fascism; and, the discipline of social psychology). I was interested in discerning how entries are represented and…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Information Literacy
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Ringer, Fritz K. – History of Education Quarterly, 1978
A study of the educational background of a random sample of prominent men born between 1810 and 1859, and listed in major biographical encyclopedias for Germany, France, United Kingdom, and the United States. The intellectual elite including writers, artists, private scholars, senior university professors, and clergymen, is strongly represented in…
Descriptors: Biographies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background, Educational History