page_title: Encyclopædia Britannica
section_title: The Encyclopaedia Now
hierarchical_section_title: Encyclopædia Britannica / The Encyclopaedia Now
caption_attribution_description: Encyclopædia Britannica International Chinese Edition, of 20 volumes of which the 19th and 20th volume are index, is published by Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 《不列颠百科全书》国际中文版第2版（修订版），凡20册，其中第19及20册为索引。中国大百科全书出版社，2007年4月第1版，第1次印刷。
context_page_description: The Encyclopædia Britannica, previously published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a popular encyclopaedia. It is written in British English. It was originally only printed on paper, but late in the 20th century it expanded to have digital, or computer versions as well. Since 2010, it is out of print in paper versions. The encyclopaedia is split into many books. The articles in the books are arranged in alphabetical order. There have been versions of it that are for children as well. It is the largest printed encyclopaedia in English, and the second largest encyclopaedia. The largest is Wikipedia. Many people consider it to be the best encyclopaedia, because they think it is accurate and has lots of detail.
  The encyclopaedia was once very small, the first edition in 1768 only had 3 books. Slowly it became bigger. The last edition, the 15th, started in 1974, has 29 books, plus two indexes. It includes an extra book called Propædia, to classify knowledge. The 29 books and made up of a Macropædia and a Micropædia.
caption: Encyclopædia Britannica International Chinese Edition, translated from the original 15th edition with a few articles modified or rewritten, is published by Encyclopaedia of China Publishing House; the 19th and 20th of the all 20 volumes are index.
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