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Publisher: Focus Multimedia Ltd
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Studio: Focus Multimedia Ltd
Sales Rank: 135

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Not the same as the printed edition!
I bought this based on having had the print version as a child and the advertising saying that contained everything that is in the print version. If it is I cannot find it. Anything I have looked up has no more than a few paragraphs of information. Disappointed and would not bother with it much now as the few times I have referred to it, it has given little information and not the information I sought

Rating:

- Why Choose Any Other?
This is a fantastic knowledge-based tool; a permanent fixture of my own personal learning. It contains a children's library, a student's library and an adult's library. From the outset you get the opportunity to choose which one suits the level of your interests. All of the articles are accessible and concise, and with a free years subscription to Britannica encyclopedia, what else can you ask for? Knowing all this, why choose any other?

Rating:

- Interesting but not much depth
I like Britannica 2008 Ultimate Edition, I bought it for the full price elsewhere. I am a bit disappointed at that. I should have looked on Amazon first :-(

I also have the printed Britannica including Micropedia and Macropedia. Supposedly this contains all the articles from the printed edition, but the printed edition just seeeeeeeeems to have far more depth. I much prefer the printed edition. Most articles on the DVD seem very brief, being only a few paragraphs long at most.

On the other hand this DVD edition makes it very easy indeed to find information, and amazingly fast. I especially love the animated brainstorming tool.

There are "Further Reading" sections for some articles. I wish there were more: ... Read More:

Rating:

- And Vista Compatible
I was not sure whether to get Britannica or Encarta and having looked at the reviews was hedging on the side of Encarta, however, one thing made the final choice for me. Britannica is the only one which works with Vista. Now that I have used it, I am glad I made this choice. Although Britannica has all the Bells and Whistles of the animations, it can also be used as a serious reference tool. The articles are informative and I have used them in my teaching and research. As the previous reviewer outlines there are a great many of them and I have found everything I have wanted or needed so far and in enough detail to be interesting. The lack of the child friendliness of encarta is not missed as there are no children in my household. I would recommend ... Read More:

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- This is a great reference encyclopaedia for adults - it still lacks Encarta's kid friendly approach though
You have to live with an encyclopaedia for a year or two to really get a feel for it's worth, and as Britannica's got 100,000+ articles even then you just scratch the surface. Encyclopaedias were always traditionally bought when older kids were in the household, and kids are frequently still the main users. - provided it gives them what they want, and quickly. Encarta 2007 hasn't got anything like the depth in articles that Encyclopaedia Britannica Ultimate reference suite 2008 has, but I can't imagine many preteen school children wanting a scholarly detailed account of the action of CD4+ lymphocytes when looking up AIDS. Plus Britannica seems to throw up strange search results more often than Encarta, which can be rather off-putting to youngsters ... Read More:

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