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- Title
Encyclopedias in Urdu language published from Pakistan: An overview from 1947-2010.
- Authors
Siddiqui, Rafat Parveen
- Abstract
This article is an attempt to explore the very important reference source "Encyclopedias" published in Pakistan in Urdu language. It covers 63 years of publishing history in Pakistan. A sincere effort has been made to find out all the Encyclopedias in different disciplines published in Pakistan in the national language from 1947 to 2010. Only 125 Encyclopedias have been identified but irrespective of quantity it is observed that not a single Encyclopedia is as of intentional standard like Britannica, Americana or Collier's which are completely absent.
- Subjects
URDU encyclopedias &; dictionaries; URDU language; PAKISTANI history; ENCYCLOPEDIA Britannica (Book); ENCYCLOPEDIA Americana (Book); COLLIER'S Encyclopedia (Book)
- Publication
Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 2014, Vol 45, Issue 2, p58
- ISSN
1994-3059
- Publication type
Article