世界年鑑

For general use and importance, they might be ranked as follows. They have in common:(1) They enjoy healthy sales and are found in many homes. (2)depend heavily on government sources for statistics.(3)except for updating and revising, much of the same basic material is carried year after year.
《世界年鑑》(The world almanac and book of facts)
是最具代表性的一種年鑑，內容屬於國際性，又以美國的資料最為豐富。正文由一系列簡短條目和各類圖表組成，對於美國的文教、生活等多個方面都有詳細的統計資料。由於其正文編排具有隨意性，故重視索引的編制。書前有，書後有。每頁天頭都列出顯示該頁內容的所有標題，以便讀者閱讀。