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Encarta is the best encyclopaedia you can get for your PC -- Computer Shopper
It provides a stunning balance of facts and fun. -- Computer Shopper
It provides a stunning balance of facts and fun. -- Computer Shopper
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Whether your kids are asking why the sky is blue or the moon is round, Microsoft Encarta 2006 can help you satisfy their curiosity-and your own. The information in Encarta comes from experts you can trust, all carefully reviewed and regularly updated to ensure accuracy, relevance, and age-appropriateness. Stay current with frequent downloads on topics ranging from prehistoric artifacts to the latest political movements. Microsoft Encarta 2006 helps you and your family learn about important historical event...
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53 of 60 people found the following review helpful
By Ramesh
If you want to buy this product, please do not buy the UK edition, which has only 42000 articles. Buy the US edition (called Encarta Premium), which costs you the same, but has 64000 articles.
I learned this the hard way. I bought the product in India and after installing and browsing the web found that whatever product I have is the UK edition and has 22000 less articles than the US edition. I understand that editions from different geographies should have subtle differences in their viewpoints. But such a dramatic difference in number of articles? I don't see the logic.
Also, if you are a new encyclopedia user, go for Britannica Reference Suite 2007, which costs a little more, but offers more value for money (much more articles, 3 encyclopedias in one, Encyclopedia Britannica, Students Britannica and Elementary Britannica).
Encarta is the only product I used to love from Microsoft. The last one I purchased was Encarta Reference Library 2002 (US Edition). Hard to believe, but that is much better than Encarta Reference Library 2007. Know what is missing in 2007 editon that was there in 2002?
1. Encarta Africana: The best African American Encyclopedia out there, one of my favourites and reasons for loving Encarta.
2. Archives: New stories from 1917 through 2000 on various topics.
3. More number of articles: For example, there were 6 main entries for United States in 2002 edition. 2007 had only one, sadly.
All the further editions (2003 through 2005) had another great feature called Literary Guides. Microsoft has cleverly come up with a premium product which includes Literary Guides, but has removed this feature from this product.... Read more ›
I learned this the hard way. I bought the product in India and after installing and browsing the web found that whatever product I have is the UK edition and has 22000 less articles than the US edition. I understand that editions from different geographies should have subtle differences in their viewpoints. But such a dramatic difference in number of articles? I don't see the logic.
Also, if you are a new encyclopedia user, go for Britannica Reference Suite 2007, which costs a little more, but offers more value for money (much more articles, 3 encyclopedias in one, Encyclopedia Britannica, Students Britannica and Elementary Britannica).
Encarta is the only product I used to love from Microsoft. The last one I purchased was Encarta Reference Library 2002 (US Edition). Hard to believe, but that is much better than Encarta Reference Library 2007. Know what is missing in 2007 editon that was there in 2002?
1. Encarta Africana: The best African American Encyclopedia out there, one of my favourites and reasons for loving Encarta.
2. Archives: New stories from 1917 through 2000 on various topics.
3. More number of articles: For example, there were 6 main entries for United States in 2002 edition. 2007 had only one, sadly.
All the further editions (2003 through 2005) had another great feature called Literary Guides. Microsoft has cleverly come up with a premium product which includes Literary Guides, but has removed this feature from this product.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great product with quick and easy access to thousands of topics and maps etc. But with Broadband and The Web is it as important as it use to be? I enjoy it because it can be accessed anywhere on my laptop. And as a bonus it is more accurate than Wikipedia [open to malicious attacks] but like all similar it does contain errors. Anyone undertaking research using these sources should always look at three sources to avoid errors if their work is important.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By K. Hambly
This is something a lot of people want to know when trying to decide on an encyclopedia to buy as i have been also. There are lots of conflicting reviews here on amazon, one's got more articles the other more multimedia content blah blah blah.
Basicaly I've just done a web search on the subject and found a review of both 2007 products from PC Advisor magazine. Basicaly the results were Encarta wins hands down. I won't list every single point on which one is better than the other because at the end of the day if you want to read the review you can easily find it with google and I'm trying to keep this brief. However the main issue they had with Britannica was that it was highly US biast (even the dictionary it says is in US English and maps only go ito detail for US and Canada) and Encarta has been largly rewritten for the UK verstion. A search for London on Britanica brings up much older info and Encarta brings up pictures of the 7/7 bombings not even mentioned in Britanica. Also it says that Encarta can be run from the disc and britannica takes half an hour to install upto 2G on the hardisc.
So based on this I'm going with Encarta.
Basicaly I've just done a web search on the subject and found a review of both 2007 products from PC Advisor magazine. Basicaly the results were Encarta wins hands down. I won't list every single point on which one is better than the other because at the end of the day if you want to read the review you can easily find it with google and I'm trying to keep this brief. However the main issue they had with Britannica was that it was highly US biast (even the dictionary it says is in US English and maps only go ito detail for US and Canada) and Encarta has been largly rewritten for the UK verstion. A search for London on Britanica brings up much older info and Encarta brings up pictures of the 7/7 bombings not even mentioned in Britanica. Also it says that Encarta can be run from the disc and britannica takes half an hour to install upto 2G on the hardisc.
So based on this I'm going with Encarta.
By anne1946
Had to replace an old encarta reference library - this is excellent - easy to use and much more fun for the kids too
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