Overview

The World's Best-Selling Reference Library
Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 2001 CD-ROM combines five award-winning products into an integrated reference library and research tool that lets your family quickly find the information they need using your PC and the internet.

Includes:

• Encarta Africana 3rd Edition
• Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2001
• Encarta Interactive World Atlas 2001
• Encarta World English Dictionary 2001
• Free Encarta Online Deluxe!

Benefits

• The #1 Best-Selling Encyclopedia Brand -- Furnish your family’s multimedia library with the most popular reference suite on the market.
• The Most Comprehensive Information -- Encarta Reference Suite 2001 contains 277,400 articles, 25,300 illustrations and photos, 81,100 sounds and pronunciations, and 31,500 Web links.
• The Best User Experience -- Encarta Reference Suite integrates the best of the web with the richness and immediacy of a CD. Content on CD-ROM provides the quickest access to the in-depth information you’re searching for.

Standard Features

Encarta Online Deluxe
The Portable Encyclopedia Research at your own convenience from any desktop -- at work, school, or home. Encarta Online Deluxe keeps you up to date with current Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe articles from any PC with Internet access.

Free Encarta Online Deluxe offer is valid through 12/31/01. Access to and use of the internet may require payment of a separate fee to an internet service provider. Connect time charges may apply. Offer valid in the United States, District of Columbia, and Canada only.

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2001

• The #1 Best-Selling Encyclopedia Brand
  Start with a wealth of authoritative reference materials on CD compiled by the world's leading authorities in reference and educational publishing. Then expand your search to selected web sites and beyond.
• Web Center
  One click on the new Encarta Web Center connects you to handpicked, quality sites relevant to your topic. No searching required!
• Encarta Today
  Get access to the latest online information and links to content relevant to the events of the day.

Encarta Interactive World Atlas 2001

• The World's Most Detailed Atlas
  Explore 21 map styles and nearly 1.8 million place names -- eight times the detail of any printed atlas!
• Flat Maps!
  Get a global perspective on climates, eco-regions, and other trends. View the whole world in any map style and easily print flat maps for presentations or classroom displays!
• Dynamic Place Name Switch
  What are Egypt, Japan, and Moscow called by the people who live there? See thousands of local spellings right on the map with a mouse click!

Encarta Africana 3rd Edition

• Encylopedia of Black History and Culture
  Learn how people of African descent helped shape the world in this comprehensive reference from the world's leading black scholars.
• Expanded! Library of Black America
  Books, slave narratives and poems written by African Americans from 1773 to 1918.
• Dynamic Music Timeline
  Hear, see, and experience the evolution of African American music from ragtime to hip-hop in this dynamic multimedia timeline.

Encarta World English Dictionary 2001

• Global English Dictionary Created for the Internet Age
  Words
  More than 10,000 new words keep you current with global English.
• Audio Pronunciations
  More than 17,000 new audio pronunciations let you hear difficult words pronounced correctly!
• Updated! Five Additional Resources
  Encarta Thesaurus, Encarta Book of Quotations, Encarta 2001 Almanac, Encarta Manual of Style and Usage, and Microsft Press Computer and Internet Dictionary.