![]() ![]() Also, external sources are unlikely to be as instructional as a textbook. Relying on too many links means that your book isn't covering the material as well as it should. First, books really need to be self-contained. Macropedias that are old or abandoned may be nominated for deletion.Īs we mentioned above, pages in a Wikibooks textbook tend to use links very sparsely. Macropedias that are early in development will be marked for cleanup. ![]() Writing a central narrative for a book can be difficult in the early stages of development when the reading order of the pages is not finalized. Second, it is often easier to write information down first and then organize and revise it later. First, many books are created by importing articles from Wikipedia to use as a basis for the new book. While a macropedia is not an acceptable textbook, it is common and acceptable for some books to be structured like a macropedia during development. Many books start out as encyclopedia-like articles, or as macropedias. If a book does not have a specific reading order and a central narrative, it must at least be instructional. Some books however, such as the Cookbook are structured as a collection of pages, although this should be considered more of a rare exception than a rule. A textbook is not a macropedia, a collection of several related encyclopedia articles. The pages in a textbook should be interrelated to each other, usually with a predefined reading order, and a unified narrative that builds from page to page. Organization and structure are not enough to differentiate a book from an encyclopedia article, however. Wikibooks textbooks may also include other components of a traditional book such as:Ĭover pages Pages with the title of the book, a cover image, and some brief information Prefaces A page, written by the authors, about the book Glossaries Pages for defining terms and phrases used in the book Appendices Pages that contain information that is ancillary to the central narrative of the book, but which is important for the proper understanding of the material Because of the hierarchical structure of books, and the self-contained nature, our textbooks tend to use hyperlinks less extensively than articles on Wikipedia do. However, the important part is that books are organized hierarchically, with the "book" being the top of the hierarchy, and the "page" being at the bottom. This much is left up to the discretion of the author. Some books will use other layers of organization such as "units", and "subchapters". Some books may only have pages, not chapters. Books have a table of contents, and the book content is separated into chapters and then pages. Textbooks on Wikibooks should also be structured similarly to traditional textbooks. For the same size of a page, a textbook will typically contain much less information, but much more explanation and instruction. While an encyclopedia is tasked with providing information, a textbook must instruct the reader, and teach that information in a way that a reader can learn. It should be obvious that a "textbook" and an "encyclopedia" would be different things, and online this difference is the same. (1999), "The evolution of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: from the Macropaedia to Britannica Online", Reference Services Review, Vol. Ironically, it was only after the Britannica came online that many of the problems that were inherent in the printed version have been resolved. An even greater threat to the Britannica’s livelihood has come from the electronic age. The many intellectual improvements that were introduced into the Britannica at this time were overshadowed by attention given to the unusual, sometimes frustrating, new arrangement of the set. This article will examine the most controversial of the Britannica’s moves, the decision to divide the encyclopedia into the Micropaedia and Macropaedia. ![]() Although universally acknowledged as an outstanding reference work, it has endured a series of financial crises, questionable editorial decisions, and a difficult transition into the computer age. For over 200 years the Encyclopaedia Britannica has been the standard against which all other English language encyclopedias are measured. ![]()
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