Document (#6189)

Author

Gilmore, F.L.

Title

Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia

Source

CD-ROM librarian. 7(1992) no.9, S.42-48

Year

1992

Abstract

Britannica Software have produced a Windows version of Compton's Multimedia on compact disc. There are 15.000 illustrations, 45 animated sequences, 60 minutes of music and sound, Webster's Intermediate Dictionary, a world atlas and a timeline of U.S. history in addition to the basic 31.200 articles forming the encyclopedia. Describes searching accoreding to different paths, the menu bar, output display, help screens and documentation. The multimedia encyclopedia requires an IBM 286 machine

Theme

Informationsmittel

Object

Compton encyclopedia

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