Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1999 is expanded, but still easy to navigate and fun to use.
Bigger, Better and Easier to Use. Improved Help and Quick Tour features make it faster and simpler to find the answers you need. And the two-disc format is specially designed to maximize information.
Easy to Navigate: We've organized volumes of information for easy access, making it possible to perform in-depth research with point-and-click ease. Use Word Search, Browse and Knowledge Tree to explore new information and indulge your curiosity. But don't worry, we've made it fast and easy to get back where you started.
Easy to Understand: Sounds, pictures, animations and other multimedia are selected and produced to give you a fuller appreciation of the topic you're exploring. From illustrated articles to enhanced "Multiplex" videos, our goal is always to enrich and enlighten, not just inform.
Online Knowledge Explorer: Much more than just a connection to the Internet. Your fastest access to a universe of easy-to-use information resources.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1999: The Right Reference for every Situation:
While the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is renowned for its concise coverage, school assignments often call for more than one information source. The Online Knowledge Explorer provides exclusive access to two other distinguished Grolier encyclopedias and tens of thousands of links to specially selected World Wide Web sites.
The New Book of Knowledge: Practical, easy-to-read articles makes this resource uniquely suited for home and school use. With 16,000 links to this valuable reference tool, you'll find an explanation, not just information.
Encyclopedia Americana: It's the standard among American encyclopedias for authority and in-depth coverage. When you want a richer explantion of a topic, we've got over 21,000 direct links to this scholarly reference resource.
Grolier Internet Index: Fast access to the best of the World Wide Web. The index gives you more than 21,000 hand-selected links to Web sites that complement and enhance the information in our encyclopedia articles. A few easy clicks take you to Web sites on the subject of your choice.
Article Updates: You're never out-of-date with the 1998 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. The Online Knowledge Explorer gives you the latest information with an average of 500 article updates every month.
Drill-Down Atlas: Explore your world like never before. Links from map to map let you "drill-down" to smaller and smaller geographical areas, to Point of Interest photographs, even related articles, all with the click of a button. Or, if you're interested in comparisions, you can jump from geopolitical to thematic to historical maps of the same area.
Interactivities: Now you can explore a wide range of high-interest topics in a fascinating new way. Take an organized, in-depth look at related articles, images and sounds. And with our exclusive interactive animations, you're in command of the action. Learning has never been so much fun.
Multiplex Videos: For the ultimate in a multimedia learning experience, multiplex presentations combine all the videos on a given topic on a single screen.
Interactive Timeliness: With Interactive Timelines, you can explore the relationships between events in world history. Just choose aTimeline or an event, and you're on your way. What was happeningin America when Genghis Khan was overrunning Asia? Now you can find out.
Guided Tours: Pick a topic and get ready to explore, as you're guided through a wealth of related sights, sounds and articles. View them in sequence, or pick the areas that interest you most. As always, with the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1999, the choice is yours.
Over 35,000 Articles, Including 1,100 new and 4,200 updated articles.
Over 15,000 Images, Includes over 3,700 new pictures.
Twice as Many Videos.
31 Guided Tours.
Over 15 hours of Sound.
1,200 Maps: Geopolitical, historical and thematic maps, many with eye-popping multimedia features. All up-to-date reflecting changes around the world.
Yearbook: Current events, brought to life with vivid multimedia video coverage, interactive timeline, chronology of events and photos of the month for 1996-97.
400 Points of Interest.
10 Custom Interfaces.
The American Heritage College Dictionary, Third Edition: Comprehensive and easy-to-use, just click on a word or type it in to find out its definition.
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System Requirements
Windows 3.1/95/98/NT
486 DX/33 multimedia PC or
compatible for Win3.x
486 DX/100 or higher processor for
Win98, 95 or NT Workstation 4.0
8 MB of memory for Windows
3.x
16 MB of memory for Win98, 95 or NT Workstation 4.0
2X speed CD-ROM Drive or faster (300 KB/sec or higher transfer rate)
Windows-compatible sound card and supporting software (Wave-table sound card recommended for MIDI sound playback)
SVGA 256-color monitor
10 MB Hard-disk space For Windows 3.x only
Microsoft CD Extensions version 2.2 or later
Apple QuickTimeŽ for Windows version 2.1.2 for Win3.1, version
3.0 required for Win98/95 and NT (both supplied with product)
