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What’s new for 2004
- New! Videos from Discovery Channel
A collection of 20 high-quality videos from the Discovery Channel. Watch
animals in their natural habitat, see where electricity comes from, or learn
how stars live and die in space. Don’t just read about it… Experience
it!
- New! Visual Browser
The Visual Browser is an innovative new way to investigate Encarta’s
comprehensive multimedia content, related articles and content associations.
- Updated! Homework Tools
Sometimes the hardest part about doing homework is getting started. This
unparalleled resource revolutionizes homework, guiding students through
research and creative projects from start to finish. It not only gives
students a scholastic advantage, it invites them to become fully engaged in
topics, while helping them make connections and learn about subjects they
might otherwise overlook.
Product Overview
Encarta Reference Library CD 2004
All the tools you need in one great product!
The comprehensive, award-winning Microsoft Encarta Reference Library is the
ultimate reference source for the entire family. You get more up-to-date
content, more learning tools, and more leading-edge multimedia than ever before!
Content Highlights:
- Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2004
- New! Discovery Channel Media Content
- New! Visual Browser
- Homework Center, Project Starter and Curriculum Guide
- Update Encarta
- More! Literature Guides
- Encarta World English Dictionary and Thesaurus with
Translation Dictionaries
- Encarta Interactive World Atlas
- Chart Maker
- Encarta Africana
- More than 68,000 articles
- Encarta Researcher
- Statistics Center
- 1.8 million map locations
- Single Search
Key Features:
- New! Videos from Discovery Channel - A
collection of 20 high-quality videos from the Discovery Channel. Watch
animals in their natural habitat, see where electricity comes from, or learn
how stars live and die in space. Don’t just read about it… Experience
it!
- New! Visual Browser - The Visual Browser is an
innovative new way to investigate Encarta’s comprehensive multimedia
content, related articles and content associations.
- Updated! Homework Tools
- Homework Starters –
Sometimes, half the battle with homework is simply getting started.
Homework Starters provide students with resources to better understand
and plan for assignments.
- Literature Guides –
Students gain a better understanding of literature with articles that
help explain themes, characters, and settings, plus provide insight into
the author of commonly assigned works of literature.
- Chart Maker – Spice
up a presentation with easy to build charts! Users simply choose a chart
type, enter data and Encarta draws a chart.
- Quotations – Easily
search Encarta’s collection of familiar and contemporary quotations
from literature, entertainment, and the news.
- Improved: Dictionary
Tools – Encarta takes the dictionary a step further by providing
easy access to Encarta Thesaurus, Book of Quotations, plus a Translation
Dictionary that translates English words to French, Spanish, German or
Italian… and back again!
- Update Encarta2 - Download new,
up-to-date information directly into articles to keep content current as the
world changes.
- Interactive World Atlas - The world is at your
fingertips. An interactive globe with 1.8 million map locations and 20 map
styles enables you to look at and learn about locations around the world.
- Dynamic Timelines - Explore and analyze
historical periods and events with the interactive timelines. Zero in on
specific events, or scroll through fascinating periods of history.
- Interactivities - Explore a variety of different
topics such as the Periodic Table of Elements and how tropical storms are
formed.
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Encarta
Standard |

Encarta
Deluxe |

Encarta
Reference
Library
on CD |

Encarta
Reference
Library
on DVD |

Encarta
Reference
Library
Educator's
Edition |
| Number
of CDs/DVDs |
1 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
| Articles |
37,500+ |
63,000+ |
68,000+ |
68,000+ |
68,000+ |
| Photos
and Illustrations |
19,500+ |
20,000+ |
25,000+ |
26,000+ |
25,000+ |
| Videos
and Animations |
75+ |
200+ |
300+ |
400+ |
300+ |
| Sound
and Music Clips |
2,025+ |
2,500+ |
2900+ |
3,300+ |
2900+ |
| Web
Sites (selected by editors) |
29,000+ |
29,000+ |
29,000+ |
29,000+ |
29,000+ |
| Web
Center |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Map
Locations |
30,000 |
30,000 |
1.8
million |
1.8
million |
1.8
million |
| Live
News, Radio, and Weather |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Games |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Hard
Drive Install (no CD swapping) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Article
Updates |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Encarta
Encyclopedia Deluxe |
|
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Dynamic
Timelines |
|
x |
x |
x |
x |
| 2D
Virtual Tours |
|
x |
x |
x |
x |
| 3D
Virtual Tours |
|
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Read
Aloud |
|
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Product
Support |
|
1
year |
3
years |
3
years |
3
years |
| Discovery
Videos (CD/DVD) |
|
|
20 |
32 |
20 |
| Visual
Browser |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Homework
Starters |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Homework
Center |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Encarta
World English Dictionary |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Encarta
Thesaurus |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Translation
Dictionaries |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Encarta
Interactive World Atlas |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Encarta
Africana |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Literature
Guides |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Quotations |
|
|
x |
x |
x |
| Virtual
Flights |
|
|
|
x |
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| 5
licenses for the price of 3 |
|
|
|
|
x |
| 120
day Class Server 3.0 Trial CD |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Educator
Guide |
|
|
|
|
x |
| ERL/Class
Server Demo CD |
|
|
|
|
x |
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