Wikipedia VS Encyclopaedia Brittannica

A)brief history of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

-the oldest English-language general encyclopaedia.
-it has been published since 1768/ 1771
-it first edition began to appear in Edinbrgh, Scotland


B)some key features of Encyclopaedia Britannica

(i) according to Wikipedia:
- English-language
-published by a private held company
-for educated adult readers
-200 full-time editors + 400 expert contributors
-over 21 volumes
-adopted "continous revision" policy

(ii)according to Encyclopaedia Britannica:
-a Dictionary of Arts and Science
-two early printers were Andrew Bell and Colin Macfarqunar
-the editor was James Tytler(1741-1804)
-many editions(now:15) and keeps on update

C)Which encyclopedia was most useful for this research?
- Encyclopaedia Britannica .
- Because the information I found here is more clear. The information is more well-organized, arranged, edited. Not like Wikipedia, not every people can edit the information in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Numbers of experts and professional people edit Encyclopaedia Britannica. That's why the information and data we can get here is precise, correct and up-to-date.

D)can you trust this encyclopaedia 100%? why or why not?
-No.
-Because we should not believe information found in encyclopedia blindly and without our own critical thinking.
-The information may not be up-to-date and relevant.
-for research for some controversial issues or topics, we should not only rely on one or single stand opinion and source.



Source from Wikipedia , http://www.wikipedia.org/ (accessed on 9 Steptember,20 09)