Simon & Schuster New Millennium Encyclopedia & Home Reference Library

by Simon & Schuster

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AK9R
• Item model number: 076714502567
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 19, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,601 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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The Simon & Schuster New Millennium Encyclopedia & Home Reference Library delivers eight authoritative reference works and over 170,000 articles and entries to your desktop. Access Webster's College Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Simon & Schuster World Atlas, The NASA Chronicles, Webster's Quotionary, and more with the click of your mouse. View 80 full-screen, full-motion MPEG-1 videos, 90 high-quality animations, and more than 20,000 photos and illustrations. Reference 602 sound and music clips and even listen to speeches. Online capabilities let you access the Internet directly from New Millennium's interface. Add information from the Internet to project-specific research binders you've created. Browse online tools for writing term papers, the Reuters News Center, and more. This deluxe edition, two CD-ROM set is designed to meet your information needs in the new millennium.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Out of date, February 24, 2002

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Michael (Dallas, Gabon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simon & Schuster New Millennium Encyclopedia & Home Reference Library (CD-ROM)

The company (Versaware) that Simon & Schuster used for this product has gone out of business. Many of the links are no longer active. Technical support did not even know that there was a Macintosh version. The product is subtitled "2001 and beyond" but the software was copyrighted in 1999. This product is not worth it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and company went out of business, September 9, 2002

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"tenacious_1" (Orland Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simon & Schuster New Millennium Encyclopedia & Home Reference Library (CD-ROM)

This is the second review I have written for this product - the first review was never posted.
I had high hopes when I purchased this set, especially with all the products combined into one. Unfortunately, the interface and the inability to update the databases give it a failing grade.
The encyclopedia is based on the "Versaware" system wherein you can add titles to a database (or update titles) residing on your computer and then the titles appear in a pane on the left margin of the screen. The titles come as described in the advertisements, but they are from 2000. When you try to update them, you can't. When try you go to the Versaware web site, you find that it is up for sale - out of business - kaputt. I also don't like the inability to use one title without opening up the whole program. And if you want to look up pictures or multimedia files, the program forces you to switch the two CDs you get back and forth in order to get the content.
If you want a clunky out of date product, plunk down your money. Otherwise, you'd be better off looking at one of the other encyclopedia compliations.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos to Simon & Schuster - Great Tools for Education, October 5, 2001

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Gator Mom "Deb" (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Simon & Schuster New Millennium Encyclopedia & Home Reference Library (CD-ROM)

Simon & Schuster New Millenium Encyclopedia & Reference Library is one of the most concise and informative interactive encyclopedias we have seen. It provides all the tools necessary for kids
(and adults) to do reports for school, and it makes it fun and exciting to learn new things every time we use it. My whole family just loves it and so will yours!