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I used to reference the encyclopedia when I was in grade school. That was back when Wikipedia did not exist and the internet was just introduced to schools. There is so much available on-line now that encyclopedias are practically useless. I still think it is good to have the information in print for history sake.

An almanac is hardly the place to look for "history" unless you are simply looking for tabular representations of something. On the other hand an encyclopedia can be a wonderful place to start on historical research. Pick the subject, look it up in an encyclopedia and find an overview or short version of the topic and often (in good encyclopedias) references to other places for more information. As my children were growing up we would spend a lot of time in the World Book Encyclopedia researching facts about everything from ancient Egypt to the space program. Take Kansas as a topic. In the encyclopedia you are likely to find the organization of the state government, the main products of the state, both manufacturing and agricultural. You will find the history of the state, its official bird, flower, etc. You quite likely will also find a reference to the "dust bowl" which may lead you to other articles including the great depression. An encyclopedia will also have maps which may keep you from having to reference an atlas. It may also have statistical data in tabular format that may keep you away from the almanac. By the way, your question should have been; 4 what do you use the encyclopedia. Look up "preposition."

You'd use an Encyclopedia for general knowledge.

Let's say I needed to look up the death rate of India, and the internet wasn't around. An Encyclopedia would tell me.

you use an encyclopedia when you need to do a report you just use the encyclopedia for resources and stuff like that. good luck.

I use Wikapedia. Whenever I need information on a certain thing. Movie, person, article, item. Anything!

For information.

When you don't have a computer.

when im pretty bored..