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2007 Britannica Children's Encyclopedia CD-Rom

Help young minds find the answers to their many questions by giving them the tools to develop and discover the world around them. The 2007 Britannica Children's Edition with its exciting videos, sound clips and thousands of articles will guide them to learn about places and people across the world. To make this journey even more enjoyable the new improved interface will make browsing the expansive content easy for both younger and older students, with two age related libraries. Plus the improved Homework Helpdesk and online learning games will encourage and engage them in all key subjects. Give the young people in your life a head start so they can enjoy the long journey of learning.
Britannica 2007 Children's Encyclopedia CD-Rom contains:
 •  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
 •  Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia
 •  World Data Profiles
 •  Merriam-Webster Student Dictionary
 •  Merriam-Webster Student Thesaurus
 •  Britannica Student Atlas
 •  Britannica Elementary Atlas
 •  Britannica Student Timeline
 •  Britannica Elementary Timeline
 •  Homework Helpdesk
 •  Daily Content including Important People and Animal of the Day
 •  Online Content including magazine articles, Web sites, and video clips
 •  Online learning activities and interactive games for students
 •  Online Content updates for one year
 •  30 Day Free Trial to Britannica Online Premium Service

What you can expect to find:
 •  17,967 articles/9,619,149 words
  
 °  5,728 from the Student Encyclopedia
  
 °  2,239 from the Elementary Encyclopedia
 •  3,780 photos, illustrations, tables, and special comps
 •  1,769 maps
 •  116 video clips
 •  56 sound clips
 •  288 World Data Profiles
 •  732 Daily Content
 •  165,808 Web links
 •  205,000 Merriam-Webster Student Dictionary & Thesaurus entries
 •  3,015 indexed timeline entries
 •  Thousands of magazine articles and videos online
Updated for 2007:
 •  Homework Helpdesk: This collection of useful homework resources contains:
  
   ° Dictionary & Thesaurus
  
   ° Atlas
  
   ° Nations Of the World: A list of countries that link to their corresponding World Data Profiles.
  
   ° GeoAnalyzer (Online)
  
   ° Subject Browse
  
   ° Virtual Notecards: Take and save notes from your articles on printable notes.
  
   ° Games & Activities
  
   ° How To Documents: Instructions on topics such as writing a book review and preparing an oral presentation.
 •  Daily Britannica Content: Each of the Britannica library home pages now contains different content displayed each day .The content has relevance to the current date and can be explored further by following links to articles.
  
   ° Important People in the Student library
  
   ° Animal of the Day in the Elementary library
Product Information:
 -  Packed in 1 box
 -  Containing 2 CD-ROMs
 -  ISBN: 159339 313X

Windows.
  • Windows® 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP
  • Pentium III® or equivalent processor
  • 256 MB RAM minimum (512 MB RAM recommended
  • 480 MB free hard-drive space (1.2 GB for Full installation)
  • CD-ROM drive
  • 1024x768 resolution, 16-bit color
  • Mouse
  • Sound Card and speakers recommended
  • Printer recommended
  • Internet access recommended
Macintosh
  • Mac® OS 10.3.x or 10.4.x
  • G4 or faster processor
  • 256 MB RAM minimum (512 MB RAM recommended)
  • 480 MB free hard-drive space (1.2 GB for Full installation)
  • CD-ROM drive
  • 1024x768 resolution, millions of colors
  • Mouse
  • Sound Card and speakers recommended
  • Printer recommended
  • Internet access recommended