Document Type : Scientific Research
Author
Assistant Professor. Institute for humanities and cultural studies
Abstract
Persian encyclopedia of Gholam Hossein Mosaheb can be considered the beginning of encyclopedia compiling in Iran; it can be a good model for encyclopedists in terms of content and form. In this article, in order to follow the eligible methods of Gholam Hossein Masaheb in the encyclopedia compiling, his steps were scrutinized as following: (1) Meeting with the supervisors of the prominent encyclopedias of the world, (2) Entry selection, (3) Codification of the method, (4) Providing a library for the encyclopedia, (5) Selection of collaborators (authors and editors), and (6) Writing style. In these sections, the opinions of Mosaheb, his colleagues, and the reference experts about his activity and work have been analyzed and an attempt has been made to examine his preferred methods in the view of scholars so that encyclopedists and reference experts can use them.
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