WIEM Encyklopedia (full name inPolish:Wielka Interaktywna Encyklopedia Multimedialna - "Great Interactive Multimedia Encyclopedia"; in Polish,wiem also means 'I know') is a PolishInternet encyclopedia.
The encyclopedia was based on the first printed edition was released in mid-1990s (with Volume I ofPopularna Encyklopedia Powszechna - Popular General Encyclopedia - released in 1994;[1] 20 volumes and a supplement were released in total[2]) with the second in 1998 (under the nameMultimedialnaEncyklopedia Powszechna - Multimedia Popular Encyclopedia).[3] It contained about 66,000 entries and various multimedia add-ons.[4]
The 1998 edition was also released online (www.encyklopedia.pl) under the name Wielka Interaktywna Encyklopedia Multimedialna[4] and in 2000 was acquired by the Polishweb portalOnet.pl. Around that time it was the largest Polish language online encyclopedia.[5][6] From 2004 to 2 March 2006 it was not free, however before and after it was free to access.[2] As of the 9th online edition in 2006, it contains 125,000 entries. The number of articles has been reported as similar in 2013.[7]
It received several awards in the late 1990s.[8]
References
edit- ^Anczykowa, Ada; Czopek, Ludwik; Pieszczachowicz, Jan, eds. (1994).Popularna encyklopedia powszechna. T. 1-. Kraków: Fogra.ISBN 978-83-85719-07-6.OCLC 750637689.
- ^ab"Encyklopedia 'Wiem' powszechnie dostępna".www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 2006-03-03. Retrieved2025-03-14.
- ^Czopek, Jarosław; Słowakiewicz, Wojciech; Turkot, Piotr, eds. (1999).Multimedialna encyklopedia powszechna: wersja 1998. Kraków: FOGRA MULTIMEDIA.ISBN 978-83-7231-727-8.OCLC 749846001.
- ^ab"WIEM - Wielka Internetowa Encyklopedia Multimedialna wydawnictwa Fogra". 1998-12-12. Archived fromthe original on 1998-12-12. Retrieved2025-03-14.
- ^Latek, Katarzyna (2002-03-17)."Encyklopedia.com".Wprost (in Polish). Retrieved2025-03-14.
- ^"WIEM więcej".Wprost (in Polish). 2000-05-27. Retrieved2025-03-14.
- ^"Ponad milion haseł w polskiej Wikipedii".Nauka w Polsce (in Polish). 2013-09-26. Retrieved2025-03-14.
- ^Taraszkiewicz, Beata (2003).Książka multimedialna na CD-ROM w Polsce: do 2000 roku (in Polish). Wydawn. SBP. p. 91.ISBN 978-83-87629-98-4.
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