Facta (encyclopedia) explained

Country:Finland
Language:Finnish
Genre:Encyclopedia
Publisher:Tietosanakirja Oy
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Pub Date:1969–1974

Facta is an encyclopedia in Finnish. It was published as a series of 11 volumes with more than 150,000 entries between 1969 and 1974. It describes subjects from a Finnish point of view. It was run by editors in chief Veli Valpola and Maija Numminen and published by Tietosanakirja Oy.[1] Editions were eventually also published on CD-ROM, and Facta finally lived as an Internet service, but was discontinued at the end of 2011 as unprofitable.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Foreign Acquisitions Newsletter . 1977 . 46 . 52 . https://books.google.com/books?id=cyDpAAAAMAAJ&q=facta%20%20 . 29 March 2021 . Association of Research Libr . en.
  2. News: Tiikkaja . Samuli . 2012-03-26 . Internet tappoi suomalaiset tietosanakirjat - myös netissä . fi . Helsingin Sanomat . 2021-12-20.