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With over eight decades of experience and a global reputation for unsurpassed excellence, World Book is firmly established as the premier reference source. Now the world's favorite encyclopedia continues its legacy with World Book 2003 Ultra Deluxe Edition--a suite of six publications, seven discs in all. As our world changes, World Book changes with it, while remaining true to its goal of providing students, parents, teachers, and librarians with the most useful, up-to-date information. Accompanying the two content-crammed discs of the award-winning World Book Encyclopedia in this package are the World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places, the World Book Encyclopedia of Science, and the World Book Student Dictionary--along with the Eyewitness World Atlas and the Summer Olympics Sports Multimedia Encyclopedia. These discs add up to a one-stop resource suite designed for anyone researching, for example, the history of an emerging nation, hunting for a full-color photo of objects in outer space, hoping to understand the intricacies of gold-medal dressage, or browsing through lists that reveal the wondrous derivations of common words. Regarded as the #1 most-trusted name in reliability and accuracy, World Book continues to provide comprehensive, factual detail in an easy-to-access format. With more than 85 years of specialized experience in the fields of education and communication, World Book employs the expertise of over 3,700 scholars, authenticators, and reviewers in the service of this multi-award-winning family reference source.
Of all the subjects World Book knows, we understand students best. When research must be done, nothing is more frustrating than searching through useless information. Rather than crowding our encyclopedia with thousands of unnecessary articles, World Book has cut through the clutter to provide more than 22,300 of the most concise, timely, informative pieces any student could need. Presented in an extremely user-friendly format, World Book 2003 Deluxe Edition supplies the most effective, interactive multimedia materials and tools to access a wealth of knowledge-Guaranteed!
Easy to use - 22,300+ Articles
- Simply use the topics or word search options to locate your desired information.
- Sticky notes mark the information that you want to find again, and it is easy to highlight the content you want to see.
- Just double-click any word to find the meaning.
- Detailed interactive maps, reflecting the highest cartographic standards, broaden your perspective on the world.
- Maps present information such as climate, economy, population distribution, and historical development.
- Just click on the appropriate buttons for hundreds of exciting videos and sounds that bring your favorite topics to life!
- Get 360-degree panoramic views of fascinating places!
- You'll feel like you're there!
- Over 245,000 definitions
- Search the Dictionary separately, or double-click any word in the Encyclopedia to retrieve its definition.
- Annuals are yearly, independent publications that include special feature articles.
- 3D animations bring topics to life!
- Interactive simulations help you understand how things work.
- Enhance reports with charts created from your research information.
- Measurements in nonmetric and metric units.
- 14 scientific and mathematical simulations.
- Wizards help to prepare reports, charts, time lines, quizzes, and Web pages.
Surf The Ages!
Another function of an encyclopedia is to stimulate curiosity and spark interest in learning. World Book's exclusive Surf the Ages feature fulfills this concept by providing simulated Web sites as they might have been if the World Wide Web had existed throughout history. From an exclusive interview with a survivor of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79 to a Plague Information Site in the 1300s, Surf the Ages takes you back in time to rediscover important historical events, people, and ideas. Based on historical facts and documentation, each Web entry journeys through the main events of Ancient Times, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times. And with the "View from Today" option, you can reveal what we now know or believe about a featured event or figure.
A World Book Exclusive!
Back In Time
With Internet access, travel back through 80 years of World Book articles, reading about events as they were described at the time. For example, study articles on WWII written in 1945.