Document (#20892)

Author

Jascó, P.

Title

Two new academic encyclopedias on CD-ROM

Source

Computers in libraries. 17(1997) no.4, S.36-38

Year

1997

Abstract

Evaluates 2 academic encyclopedias on CD-ROMs: Encyclopedia Britannica, and Encyclopedia Americana. Both are reasonably priced. Covers: search interface, subsets (both include Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionay, the Britannica includes Propedia, and Nations of the World, and the Americana Chronology of World History) and illustrations

Theme

Informationsmittel
Suchoberflächen

Object

Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Americana
Merriam-Webster dictionary

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