"විශ්‍‍වකෝෂ‍ය‍" හි සංශෝධන අතර වෙනස්කම්

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[[Image:Brockhaus Lexikon.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Brockhaus Enzyklopädie]] in 1902]]

 

Encyclopedias are divided into [[article (publishing)|article]]s or entries, which are usually accessed alphabetically by article name.<ref name=DOLencyclopedia>{{cite book |title= Dictionary of Lexicography|last= Hartmann|first=R. R. K. |last2=James|first2=Gregory|coauthors= Gregory James|year= 1998|publisher= Routledge|location= |isbn= 0415141435|page=48 |pages= |url= http://books.google.com/?id=49NZ12icE-QC&pg=PA49&dq=%22encyclopedic+dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia&q=%22encyclopedic%20dictionary%22%2Bencyclopedia|accessdate=July 27, 2010|quote=}}</ref> Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most [[dictionary|dictionaries]].<ref name=DOLencyclopedia/> Generally speaking, unlike dictionary entries, which focus on [[Linguistics|linguistic]] information about [[word]]s, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information to cover the thing or concept for which the article name stands.<ref name=bejoint>Béjoint, Henri (2000). [http://books.google.com/books?id=DJ8gwtomUpMC&lpg=PA30&dq=lexicography%20translated%20encyclopedia%20dictionary&pg=PA30 ''Modern Lexicography''], pp. 30–31. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198299516</ref><ref name=EB>{{cite web |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/186603/encyclopaedia|title=