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The problem with those home encyclopedias was they were mostly a decade or more out of date. And only provided a very limited amount of information. Generally only a few paragraphs or a page at best. Reference books suffered the same problems of not being current. Turns out books cost money and knowledge ain't cheap.
The only reference book that I own that is even remotely up to date is the last Machinery's Handbook I bought. And even that is multiple issues behind now.
History doesn't go out of date. The speed of light doesn't go out of date. Sure, a lot of things happened since it was published so it doesn't have the latest stuff but that doesn't invalidate the information they have, and if a new regime decides to erase or rewrite parts of history you still have it in black and white.