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Looking for help with your child's homework and assignments? Or maybe you'd like to treat them to a fun way of learning facts? Encyclopaedia Britannica Children's Encyclopedia 2008 Edition gives your child instant access to fun and easy-to-use learning tools that will build confidence, promote life-long learning and encourage vital research skills. With articles divided into two age-specific databases for young learners and secondary school students, the answers to their many questions are just a few clicks away.
BRITANNICA STUDENT LIBRARY AND BRITANNICA CHILDREN'S LIBRARY All included.

Three Encyclopedias in One

Britannica keeps you learning and growing. With more than 100,000 articles, biographies, Britannica BrainStormer, Britannica Classics and much more, it’s never been easier to expand your knowledge and satisfy your curiosity.

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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica Library

Your premier source for fact-finding and home study, with over 76,000 articles you can trust.

2. Britannica Student Library

Over 15,900 articles that students can quickly and easily access for up-to-date, accurate and trusted research information.

For Ages 10-14

3. Britannica Children’s Library

More than 2,700 easy-to-read articles designed to help your child thrive in school.

For Ages 6-10

FLASH: Supports the School Curriculum

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th Edition
This major new edition of the world-famous Concise Oxford English Dictionary provides an authoritative description of the English language. With instant access to over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, this program is ideal for anyone needing an up-to-date dictionary of current English on their PC for study, work, or home.

Key Features

Covers current English from around the world, plus rare, historical, and archaic terms, as well as scientific and technical vocabulary.
Thousands of brand new words and senses from Oxford’s unrivalled new words research.
Full text and advanced search features.
Detailed appendices providing useful information on topics from Prime Ministers and Presidents to the Solar System, and Chemical Elements.
Spoken pronunciations for more than 50,000 headwords.
A “Guide to Good English” plus hundreds of extra notes offering advice on grammar, punctuation, spelling and word usage.
Interactive word games providing hours of learning and fun.
The New Oxford Theasaurus of English
Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th Edition
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

Take children on a fascinating journey of learning and discovery.

Packed with information, this friendly and easy to use program is divided into seven thematic sections that carefully reflect the interests and abilities of young children.

Your child’s attention will be engaged by the bright and entertaining illustrations, fun fact boxes, activity panels, simple experiments and projects. Accuracy and authority is assured by extensive testing and expert consultation from this trusted source – supporting learning across the whole curriculum.
7 main themes: My Body, People & Places, The Arts, The Earth, Animals & Plants, Science & Technology and The Universe.
Accessible and fun, with information carefully gauged to the abilities of young children aged 5+.
Friendly cross-referencing and accessible index help develop research skills.
Simple, fun experiments and projects encourage children to discover for themselves.
Illustrations, photos and text can be pasted into other software packages to support children’s own work, such as class projects.
“Find out more”, “Did you know?” and “Read loud” sections.

The Ultimate Science Resource!
This updated and enhanced version of the Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Science, includes over 1,000 in-depth articles, making this disc an essential information resource for anyone aged 12 and up, in search of scientific knowledge.
Ages 12
Features Back to the top• 40 video sequences
• 80 animations
• 3.5 hours of audio
• 800 Full-colour photos and illustrations
• More than 900,000 word of text
• Supports the national curriculum – stages 2,3 and 4

Perfect for students, naturalists, or for anyone interested in life and earth in all its glorious diversity. Eyewitness Encyclopedia of nature is the essential comprehensive CD-ROM guide to the world of nature
Features Back to the top• Sophisticated navigational and indexing features
• Study animals in danger and their threatened habitats
• A 3D Classifications of the Living World
• Three terrific interactive activities
• Supports the national curriculum – Stages 2,3 and 4
• 50 Video sequences
• 73 animations
• 3.5 hours of audio
• 850 full colour photos and graphics
• More than 200,000 words or text

History of the World includes an interactive encyclopedia navigator, rapid searching, brain-teasing History Quest activity, Country Histories feature and a Who’s Who machine., this essential history CD-ROM is the perfect reference tool for all the family
Features Back to the top• Updated content and a wealth of articles, provide in-depth analysis of the people places and events in world history
• Explains the rise and fall of entire civilisations, how people lived in the past and impact of technological discoveries
• Interactive maps place world events in their global context
• Find out about key historical figures in the Who’s’ Who machine
• Test your knowledge in the History Quest Activity
• Ideal as a general family reference tool, or for school and college projects
• Supports the national curriculum – stages 3 and GCSE key stage 4
• Over half a million words
• Over 2,000 screens
• Over 30 video sequences
• 80 animations
• 3.5 hours of audio
• 850 full colour photographs, illustrations and maps

This pack offers a combined saving of almost £25!

Expand your mind with the ultimate reference pack including; Encyclopaedia Britannica® 2006 Standard Edition, Encyclopaedia Britannica® presents Human Body, Penguin Hutchinson Reference Suite, Concise Oxford English Dictionary – 11th Edition.

Encyclopaedia Britannica® 2006 Standard Edition

The Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Standard Edition delivers 43,285 articles from the Encyclopaedia Britannica covering art, history, geography, technology, pop culture, and more. With extra features such as a dictionary, thesaurus, atlas and multimedia, this comprehensive resource is ideal for the home, school or office.

Encyclopaedia Britannica® presents Human Body

Enter the world of health and discover how people grow and develop, transport materials within their body, and combat disease. This program presents a virtual museum with interactive exhibits and combines health issues, medical technology, historical events in medicine, and biological information.

Penguin Hutchinson Reference Suite

Nine classic essential books from two of the UK's most trusted reference publishers are brought together in multimedia format through the power of the PC. Designed to help you produce excellent essays and expand your mind with stats, facts and figures to enliven your understanding of the modern world.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary – 11th Edition

Providing an authoritative description of the English language with instant access to over 240,000 words, phrases and definitions, this program is ideal for anyone needing an up-to-date English dictionary on their PC for study, work, or home.

This major new edition of the world-famous Concise Oxford English Dictionary provides an authoritative description of the English language. With instant access to over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, this program is ideal for anyone needing an up-to-date dictionary of current English on their PC for study, work, or home.

Offering comprehensive and authoritative coverage of current English, the New Oxford Thesaurus of English is an ideal reference tool for use at home, school, and the office. Containing over 600,000 alternative and opposite words, this program will enrich your creative writing, essays, or letters, or simply your enjoyment of the English language

Whether you are preparing a speech, researching an essay, or simply looking to expand your conversational skills, the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is the perfect reference guide for any home or office library.
Containing over 20,000 quotations from more than 3,000 authors, this collection provides a broad and up-to-date coverage of quotations drawn from every field of interest, from politics and science, to music, sport, and the arts.

This CD-ROM contains the full text of the new updated edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary with more than half a million definitions, augmented with thousands of new words and meanings and furnished with a new design. Provides an extensive coverage of world English as well as a comprehensive coverage of scientific and technical English.
New, modern and accessible entry design, interface and functionality enhance search and retrieval, with simple and advanced search options.
New sound recordings enable you to listen to standard British pronunciations for over 100,000 words.
Automatic look-up feature enabling you to access Shorter Oxford English Dictionary definitions from other applications. Hypertext search makes it possible to cross-reference any word in the dictionary with a single mouse click.
Option to install the SOED to the hard disk and run it without the CD-ROM.
System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor, 32 MB RAM, 16-speed CD-ROM drive, Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, XP or 2000, min 290 MB hard disk space (450 MB recommended), SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels, 16 bit (64K, high colour) setting recommended, Windows-compatible 16-bit sound card.

Begin your journey of discovery into deep space.

Explore planets, galaxies, asteroids, spacecraft and more. Learn about the creation and structure of the universe. Marvel at a dazzling collection of pictures and videos that display the highlights of astronomy and space travel. Calculate the positions and movements of stars, planets and galaxies. Enjoy video from the Hubble telescope and Apollo missions, as well as animated displays of comets and meteors.

Packed with fascinating, authoritative content from top astronomers, and a host of user-friendly screen tools designed specifically for novice stargazers, this program is the perfect introduction to the principles of basic astronomy and sky observation

Features Back to the top• 100,000 words of text
• 170 animations
• 1,030 full colour illustrations
• 25 new video sequences
• 1,500 sounds
• Over 760 screens and pop-ups
• 3D X-ray Computer Generated Models
• Supports the national curriculum – Key stage 2,3 and 4

Introduction
Meet the Brainwaves, hilarious little mischief-makers who are about to take your child on an amazing journey around the world to discover everything about our planet.

These pint-sized pals will show children all about what the planet is made of, where the highest football stadium is and why Brazil is called Brazil. They’ll join the teeny travellers as they take a camel trek to the pyramids, have a ball at a bonzer Australian beach party, and play the maddest game of crazy golf across North America.

Packed with fantastic fold-out pages with mad maps, perfect pull-outs and fabulous facts on places and people, your child will learn loads of stuff about climate, oceans and Earth in space. It’s a terrific tour of our world!

Take your child on an action-packed adventure around the globe with this amazing pop-up and pull-out atlas!

Introduction
Bring the world to life with this interactive pop-up atlas.

Read it with your child and journey around the earth together with six amazing 3D pop-up scenes and pull out fact cards. You’ll see countries come to life and learn about the animals, plants and people who live there and the fun places to visit. Perfect for young armchair travellers.

Description

lively and accessible text written by a team of expert science writers
300 major articles and over 3600 indexed references
accuracy and authority guaranteed by panel of specialist consultants
full indexing and cross-referencing system open many new paths of discovery

The leading science encyclopedia explaining the achievements and progress of science, now fully revised and updated. Major updates include:

- The advent of SARS

- Extended coverage of cloning

- Extended coverage of GM food

- Extended coverage of digital cameras

Other updates include: Jupiter's moons reach 50; crash of space shuttle Columbia; disappearance of element 118

- Wide-ranging coverage encompassing the physical, chemical and biological sciences

- Science at the cutting edge - Human Genome Project, BSE, evolving robots, global warming, laser-guided missiles, nanotechnology...

- Over 1300 illustrations: carefully selected full-colour photos and specially commisioned drawings and diagrams

Shortlisted in the Children's Trade category for the British Book Design and Production Awards Book of the Year

Combining an encyclopedia with an exclusive website containing 1,000 up to date and relevant links, e.encyclopedia science is perfect for learning and research.

The book gives you all the basics on the topic that are difficult to find online, and the dedicated website (the address is at the front of the book) directs you to a whole wealth of specially selected and authenticated sites allowing you to explore further.

Google's search engine expertise combined with our dedicated website offers you live and archive footage, interactive polls and the latest research. Perfect for science homework and projects - homework need never be boring again!

Comprehensive, authoritative, and fully updated, the DK Reference Encyclopedia is designed expressly to match UK curriculum requirements, making it the ideal study aid, as well as being perfect for general reference.
Search or browse articles, multimedia and other resources. Drill down through the menu to access material within the encyclopedia that has been specifically designed to work alongside the UK National Curriculum. Browse events throughout history using the interactive timeline, comparing what was happening in different subject areas at the same point in time. Build your own timeline for a particular period, topic, and/or region. Explore the world by clicking through the levels of mapping, or access a particular map directly from one of the drop-down menus

A clear and detailed dictionary designed for 5-8 year olds to use independently at home or in school. Easy-to-read definitions and illustrations teach children the features and functions of a dictionary whilst labelled diagrams and vocabulary lists are ideal for school projects.

Readership: Children aged 7-10 years

Description

Covers a comprehensive range of interesting, everyday topics, many of which tie in with classroom subjects.
Staple homework support-tool for primary school children
Easy-to-use sections
Clear, informative text
Amazing fact boxes on every page highlighting items such as record breaking events
Includes over 140 major entries supported by over 400 full-colour illustrations

A fully illustrated, authoritative encyclopedia for children to learn about themselves, their world and beyond. Stimulating, popular topics, such as sport, animals and space, are organised into sensible, easy-to-use sections.

The ultimate in 3D education...
Living & breathing Dinosaurs!

3D Dinosaur Hunter is the ultimate way to encounter over 50 different dinosaur species! Enter the subterranean world beneath the Dinosaur Museum and time-travel 250 million years into prehistory, when dinosaurs like the vicious Velociraptor stalked the Earth.
The ultimate in 3D education...
Living & breathing Dinosaurs!

DISC ONE:
You'll discover videos, animations, pop-up screens and quizzes!
Enter the subterranean world beneath the Dinosaur Museum, and time travel 250 million years into prehistory, when dinosaurs like the vicious Velociraptor stalked th Earth.

DISC TWO:
Six incredible 3D environments with virtual worlds where you can track Triceratops by moonlight or swim with an elegant Elasmosaurus!

Key Features:

Videos and animations
Pop-up screens and quizzes
Six incredible 3D environments with virtual worlds

This is the first ever interactive atlas of the solar system, based on real data returned from space missions. Planets and major moons are mapped in astonishing 3D, providing a detailed and incredibly realistic interplanetary voyage of discovery.
Key Features:
Explore maps of planets and major moons
View the amazing planets in 3D
Pinpoint exact locations
Access a huge database of photographs, facts and figures

The Oceans cover two-thirds of our planet. The seas are complex and hide many secrets. Humankind has solved some of the mysteries with new technologies and exploration equipment. Learn about these discoveries in this CD-ROM dedicated to the Ocean world.
This interactive guide to the seas reveals a marine life of the past and present. The oceans can be explored using scuba gear, a submarine, a boat or by walking along the coasts. Start on your marine adventure from the Oceanoscope by selecting a theme:
The Origin of Life – a timeline will guide your through the history of the oceans and evolution
The Open Sea – learn about life in the open seas, the continental shelves and the North and South Poles abroad a research ship
The Deep Sea – dive into the abysses to encounter mysterious underwater creatures
Coastal Waters – walk along the beaches or take a boat along the coasts to explore rocky and sandy coasts and see what you can find