And the winner is…
Wikipedia!
Using Billy Graham as an example, we read an entry in the Americana Encyclopedia. It was from 1999 and used about 300 words to describe Billy’s accomplishments. It read like a timeline, and though the information was accurate, it was not up to date for detailed. Britannica required registration to access their information for more than 40 seconds. It’s evtry was a bit longer, 1300 words. Wikipedia came in at a whopping 4,900 words and was incredibly factual and detailed.
If I am computerless and surrounded by encyclopedias, then maybe I would use them as sources. But let’s face it, even an 2009 encyclopedia could be out of date when it hits the shelves.
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