Encarta Reference Library 2004 [OLD VERSION]

Brand: Microsoft

Color: Encarta Reference Library 2004

Features:

• Put this indispensable learning tool to work for you and enliven your education
• Don’t just read articles, experience them with multimedia content on almost every subject
• Rich and reliable content from the World Atlas, Encarta Africana, literature guide, translation tools & othe resources
• Comprehensive homework tools and research aides for better and easier learning
• Collection of videos from the Discovery Channel for interactive & dynamic education on a variety of subjects

Format: CD-ROM

Details: From the Manufacturer

Encarta Reference Library 2004 combines the resources of its award-winning encyclopedia with a variety of research and learning tools to deliver a complete reference resource for home or school use. Comprehensive homework tools integrate homework project & research starters with the Dictionary & Thesaurus, Literature Guides and Chart Maker to create a complete research center to help students achieve greater success in the classroom. New to 2004 is a collection of videos from Discovery Channel and a new Visual Browser providing users with a rich and dynamic way to make learning fun.
Comprehensive Homework and Research tools with Dictionary & Thesaurus, Literature Guides, Homework Starters and more. The innovative Encarta learning tools help students learn more, and achieve more. Have your children spend less time searching and more time learning — you’ll discover how easy it is when you put these indispensable tools to work. New video content from Discovery Channel. Explore a collection of 20 high-quality videos hand selected to enliven the learning process from reading article content to experiencing it. Access information that changes with our changing world. Update Encarta keeps the reference materials in Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2004 both timely and accurate. A wealth of relevant information on virtually any subject. With one search, access up-to-date, rich and reliable content and multimedia from Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe, Encarta World Atlas, Encarta Africana, live Streaming Media, web links from Web Center, literature guides, translation dictionaries and many additional resources — all in one place. Adding the new Visual Browser provides an innovative way to discover relationships between articles and multimedia content.

Review

Updated for 2004, this outstanding 5-CD reference set features the Deluxe version of the encyclopedia (68,000 articles, 25,000 photos and illustrations, 300 videos, 1.8 million map locations, etc.). New to this version are 20 videos from Discovery Channel and a “visual” browser that uses pictures to help you navigate between articles. Other features include homework and research tools, dictionary, thesaurus, world atlas, timelines, chart maker and more. This is a must-have resource set, well designed, easy to use and comprehensive. Note that there is a DVD version (no disk swapping and extra content, too!).Copyright © 2001 Children’s Software Revue — From Children’s Software Revue® — “Subscribe Now!”

UPC: 805529344815

Release Date: 30-06-2003

Package Dimensions: 36x190x318