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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2002
Encarta Encyclopaedia Standard is the new edition of Microsoft's bestselling reference tool, this edition bringing new features and loads of new content...... more
Encarta Encyclopaedia Standard is the new edition of Microsoft's bestselling reference tool, this edition bringing new features and loads of new content and add-ons, such as auto-updates and streaming media. The interface itself is quite easy to get to grips with, although stylistically just a little bit boring. It is clean and uncluttered however, and because of this it moves quickly from screen to screen. The search is very good, and offers the functionality surfers are used to on the best search engines, such as word substitutions in case of misspelling, and lists of similar entries, as well as loads of links to editorially screened non-Microsoft quality content sites, on specific topics. Those familiar with the Windows operating system will find navigating this software very easy. At the top is the usual toolbar, with File, Edit, View, Features, Tools, and so on. The easy reach of these menus make moving around the software simple, and stress-free, as well as quick to learn. This is the basic version of Encarta and doesn't have the bells of whistles of the Deluxe version, or the Reference Suite (also on DVD) for that matter. But that said, the content in this Standard edition is rich, well designed for access and it also has a new wealth of multimedia, such as videos, music and pictures. Encyclopaedias such as Britannica 2002 (DVD edition, Macintosh DVD) do offer slightly more authoritative content and more comprehensive coverage, but titles such as that haven't yet managed to offer it up in quite in the excellent way that Encarta does. It functions more like a good documentary or comprehensive coffee-table book, which makes using it intriguing and pleasurable. --Alison Jardine ... less
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2001
For quick, comprehensive information on topics from A to shining Z, Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2001 beats the competition by a...... more
For quick, comprehensive information on topics from A to shining Z, Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2001 beats the competition by a mile (or 1.609 kilometres). Simple enough for school kids to use but with enough substance for adults to learn from, it is the first truly great electronic reference work.Installation and online registration are easy and fast; you will be searching and browsing in well under an hour. The presentation, loosely based on Internet Explorer-style Web pages with a strong nod to ink-and-paper traditions of readability and linearity, is uniquely lovely without being distracting. Nearly 40,000 articles are updated online each month (high-speed connections are essential for these), and more than 10,000 images and multimedia clips expand the well-researched text. Cross-references are easy to find and track, and thousands of World Wide Web links to official historical and governmental sites (among others) afford even greater depth.Though it may not include the advanced materials of the Deluxe version or the Encarta Reference Suite's raft of collateral, the Encyclopedia Standard stands strong on its own. Using it to write a report or fill in information gaps is painless; generally it is easy to find what you want by typing in a few keywords and clicking a few links. It's like installing a reference librarian on your desktop. --Rob Lightner ... less
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Plus 2004
Encarta Encyclopedia Plus 2004 is the mid-range edition of Microsoft's pace-setting multimedia encyclopaedia and offers considerably more...... more
Encarta Encyclopedia Plus 2004 is the mid-range edition of Microsoft's pace-setting multimedia encyclopaedia and offers considerably more content than Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2004. Firstly, there are three CD-ROMs and nearly 42,000 articles, 21,000 photos and illustrations, nearly 2,700 sound and music clips, 36,000 map locations and more than 230 videos and animations. If you have enough space (around 950MB) it's worth copying the contents of all three CDs to your hard disk to avoid having to swap discs all the time. You'll start at Encarta's home page where searching for a specific word or phrase brings up a list of suggestions in the left hand column. Click on one of these and the item itself appears in the main window. For example, searching for Vancouver Island returns a selection of articles on the subject itself, related articles on temperate rainforests, deforestation, lumberjacks and Sir Francis Drake, as well as a key event list for Captain Cook (who visited the island in 1778). Cross-referencing is particularly strong, and as well as web-style links within the text that let you jump to other parts of the encyclopaedia, many articles list associated multimedia elements like sound and video clips--as well as links to those web sites that have been assessed by Encarta's editors. (Where no Editor's Choices exist, you can easily do a general web search.) Articles can also be browsed in alphabetical order or by country and by clicking the Article Outline you can see the main headings of longer articles and jump straight to the sections that interest you. You can also browse maps, multimedia, statistics and around 18,000 websites in the same way. Navigation is excellent, thanks to the familiar web browser-style controls for moving back and forth between recently viewed screens or going straight to the program's opening homepage and there's a useful drop-down 'history' menu so you can jump straight back to any of the last 29 pages you've visited. You can also build a list of 'favourites' which is useful if you're researching a subject over a longer period of time. Encarta makes it easy to copy both text and pictures into a word package, such as Microsoft Word and adds the relevant copyright notices automatically. This edition improves on Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2004 in a number of significant ways; by adding seven 3-D and 30 2-D tours of famous cities, buildings, landmarks, archaeological sites, along with an excellent, searchable timeline which can also be split horizontally across the screen so you can, for example, see how art developed in Europe compared with Africa and the Middle East. You also get hundreds of articles from The Times newspapers. With its strong content, excellent multimedia and free updates, Encarta Encyclopedia Plus 2004 is a good choice for general research and homework projects. --Rob Beattie ... less
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Plus 2003
Encarta Encyclopaedia Plus 2003 is an extraordinarily comprehensive CD-ROM that will be an invaluable resource to students, writers, researchers and...... more
Encarta Encyclopaedia Plus 2003 is an extraordinarily comprehensive CD-ROM that will be an invaluable resource to students, writers, researchers and those who simply want to have comprehensive information at their fingertips. The promotional material claims that the package contains more information than a 55-volume print encyclopaedia. However, what is most impressive is not just the volume of the material but the manner in which it is presented. As with Encarta's two other CD-ROM packages--Standard (the most basic), Encarta Premium Suite 2003 CD and Encarta Premium Suite 2003 DVD (the most comprehensive)--the material takes full advantage of Encarta's connection to Microsoft, with an excellent multimedia element that really is the distinguishing feature of this collection. If, for instance, you want to find out more about identifying birds, this package gives you not only a digital image of the bird and a description of its habitat, but also an audio clip of its birdsong. Excellent video images and computer graphics also complement the text entries, and this, combined with the audio element, makes the material especially attractive to younger readers and a significant aid to learning. With more sound clips, more entries and the Times Archive due to add to its own entries, this three-CD package enhances what is available through Encarta's Standard collection. In order to run this product you need Microsoft 98 and Internet Explorer 6.0, as well as a minimum of 64 MB of RAM (128 MB of RAM for Windows 2000 or Windows XP). With a fully multimedia-enabled PC, this package will certainly make for interesting and enjoyable information access. --Toby Green ... less
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2002
Encarta Encyclopaedia Deluxe is the new edition of Microsoft's bestselling reference tool, this edition bringing new features and loads of new content...... more
Encarta Encyclopaedia Deluxe is the new edition of Microsoft's bestselling reference tool, this edition bringing new features and loads of new content and add-ons, such as virtual tours. The interface itself is quite easy to get to grips with, although stylistically just a little bit boring. It is clean and uncluttered however, and because of this it moves quickly from screen to screen. The search is very good, and offers the functionality surfers are used to on the best search engines, such as word substitutions in case of misspelling and lists of similar entries, as well as loads of links to editorially screened non-Microsoft quality content sites, on specific topics. The Advanced Search functions as a filter, and lets the user search by type of entry, for example, Virtual Tour, animations, or charts and graphs, based on the subject/topic search terms entered in the left-hand bar. Those familiar with the Windows operating system will find navigating this software very easy. At the top is the usual toolbar, with File, Edit, View, Features, Tools and so on. The easy reach of these menus make moving around the software simple and stress-free, as well as quick to learn. The content is good, although encyclopaedias such as Britannica 2002 (DVD edition, Macintosh DVD) offer more authoritative content and more comprehensive coverage, but titles such as that haven't yet managed to offer it up in quite the excellent way that Encarta does. It functions more like a good documentary or comprehensive coffee-table book, which makes using it intriguing and pleasurable. The multimedia sections are fun, especially the 3-D virtual tours, in which the user can walk around ancient locations in the first-person, gaming style--Azuchi, castle of the ancient Japanese warlord, and the Colosseum are two of the seven available. There's a lot to enjoy about Encarta Encyclopaedia Deluxe, in terms of excellent usability, content and there's clearly been a great deal of thought given to how users actually want to access and use data, and it is probably the best designed package of its kind on the market. --Alison Jardine ... less
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2003 - Complete package - 1 user - CD - Win - German
Platforms: Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4 Windows 2000 Windows XP
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe - ( v. 99 ) - complete package - 1 user - CD - Win - English - United Kingdom, Ireland
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe - ( v. 99 ) - complete package - 1 user - CD - Win - English - United Kingdom, Ireland
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Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe - ( v. 99 ) - complete package - 1 user - CD - Win - English - United Kingdom
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe - ( v. 99 ) - complete package - 1 user - CD - Win - English - United Kingdom
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Microsoft Encarta Deluxe 2001
For quick, comprehensive information on topics from A to shining Z, Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia beats the competition by a mile (or 1.609...... more
For quick, comprehensive information on topics from A to shining Z, Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia beats the competition by a mile (or 1.609 kilometres). Simple enough for school kids to use but with enough substance for adults to learn from, it is the first truly great electronic reference work. Installation and online registration are easy and fast; you will be searching and browsing in well under an hour. The presentation, loosely based on Internet Explorer-style Web pages with a strong nod to ink-and-paper traditions of readability and linearity, is uniquely lovely without being distracting. Nearly 40,000 articles are updated online each month (high-speed connections are essential for these), and more than 10,000 images and multimedia clips expand the well-researched text. Much of the content and many updates are developed in the UK for this UK-specific version. Cross-references are easy to find and track, and thousands of World Wide Web links to official historical and governmental sites (among others) afford even greater depth.The Deluxe version comes with access to Encarta Online Deluxe, which permits you to access up-to-date information from any computer in the world via the Internet (charges may apply). It also includes a Curriculum Guide which ties Encarta content to subjects studied in UK schools and tested in GCSEs, and a research organizer that makes it easy to collect and prepare information for homework and essays. A Text to Speech feature provides audio playback of highlighted text. Other enhancements include expanded text, sidebars, archives, videos, photos, illustrations and sound clips. The Dynamic Timeline includes more than 3,000 historical events. Archive Articles are include 8,000 more articles than the previous version, and chronicle historical events between 1938 and 1999. The powerful cross referencing afforded by hypertext and the Web makes online reference tools vastly more powerful than their paper-and-ink ancestors, and Encarta is clearly the most wide-ranging and thorough available yet. The interface is child- and adult-friendly, and the online help available makes learning incredibly easy--you can even ask natural-language questions and get strikingly germane references. It's powerful, it's portable, and it will tell you practically anything you need to know. What more can you ask? --Rob Lightner, amazon.com ... less
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Microsoft Encarta Premium Suite 2004 DVD Edition
As its name suggests, the Encarta 2004 Premium Suite DVD Edition is the top-end edition of Microsoft's pace-setting multimedia encyclopaedia. Available...... more
As its name suggests, the Encarta 2004 Premium Suite DVD Edition is the top-end edition of Microsoft's pace-setting multimedia encyclopaedia. Available on a single DVD it includes over 130,000 articles, 24,000 photos and illustrations, more than 3,000 sound and music clips, 1.8 million map locations and more than 260 videos and animations. You'll start at Encarta's homepage where searching for a specific word or phrase brings up a list of suggestions in the left hand column. Click on one of these and the item itself appears in the main window. For example, searching for Vancouver Island returns a selection of articles on the subject itself, related articles on temperate rainforests, deforestation, lumberjacks and Sir Francis Drake, as well as a key event list for Captain Cook (who visited the island in 1778). Cross-referencing is particularly strong, and as well as Web-style links within the text that let you jump to other parts of the encyclopaedia, many articles list associated multimedia elements, such as sound and video clips, as well as links to those websites that have been assessed by Encarta's editors. (Where no Editor's Choices exist, you can easily do a general Web search.) Articles can also be browsed in alphabetical order or by country and by clicking the Article Outline you can see the main headings of longer articles and jump straight to the sections that interest you. You can also browse maps, multimedia, statistics and around 18,000 websites in the same way. Navigation is excellent, thanks to the familiar Web browser-style controls for moving back and forth between recently viewed screens or going straight to the program's opening homepage and there's a useful drop-down "history" menu so you can jump straight back to any of the last 29 pages you've visited. You can also build a list of "favourites", which is useful if you're researching a subject over a longer period of time. Encarta makes it easy to copy both text and pictures into a Word package, such as Microsoft Word and adds the relevant copyright notices automatically. This edition improves on Encarta Encyclopedia Plus 2004 in a number of significant ways; by adding a world English dictionary and thesaurus, bilingual dictionaries (French, Spanish, German and Italian) thousands of quotations, a huge world atlas, a collection of study aids to help with homework, six "virtual" aeroplane flights over different continents, and a selection of videos from the Discovery Channel; in all, it has around three times as much content. --Robb Beattie ... less
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Encarta 98 Interesting Encyclopedia
Advantages: Excellent Reference Source
Disadvantages: None
...Encarta 98 is a very precise encyclopedia that I find quite useful. Encarta 98 has loads of information that I use quite often. Encarta has loads of fascinating features all acessible from the main menu. On Encarta 98 you can search for articles of loads of different vareties. You can find out websites that relate to the article you are currently looking at. You can create amazing projects using...
rohanarora99a
30.10.2005 13:23 ·
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Review of Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 98 Licence
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A fabulous encyclopedia
Advantages: Tells you all you need and more
Disadvantages: None
...The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History
This is an encyclopedia with a difference, this book contains descriptions of websites you can visit to take you further into the subject in a fun and informative way. There are over 200 different, recommended websites to visit and to access these sites you go to the Usborne Quicklinks Website at www.usborne-quicklincs.com you will...
Myredpip
20.04.2011 18:33 ·
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Review of The Usborne Internet-linked Encyclopedia of World History - Fiona Chandler
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Encarta 2000 - Still Very Good
Advantages: The information is displayed in a veriety of different ways, making the interpretation of data and facts very simple. There is a wealth of information on a wide range of subject areas. The product is easy to use and install
Disadvantages: The type of language that is used, can be very difficult to understand at times
...~Introduction~
Microsoft?s Encarta interactive encyclopaedia series has been very popular since its release. There is a new version released every year in both the deluxe and standard formats. The updates include new information on events and discoveries that have been made, as well as changes to the functions, styling and database. The older versions are still very good and there is...
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12.12.2004 19:39 ·
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Review of Microsoft Encarta 2000 Standard Edition Complete package
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