The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Subject encyclopedias cover specific areas. Biographical Use these for information about writers and their works. Current Biography Literary Guides Describe the literature of a country or an era. And Handbooks Give practical or technical information or a guide to the subject. Abstracts Indexes are used to locate articles in journals, books or newspapers.
Abstracts are similar but also contain a summary of the main points of the article.
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