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Category: Software
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1474
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Mac Os X
Genre: personal-improvement-software
ESRB: Everyone
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: 8020
Model: 8021
UPC: 018059080201
EAN: 0018059080201
ASIN: B000QFQA1W
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 84,000+ articles, atlas, timelines, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus, 166,000+ magazine articles and Web links | | • | Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus, Atlas & Timelines | | • | Includes Six-Month Subscription to Britannica Online ($35 Value) | | • | Save articles, images, video, and more in one convenient location with Britannica Workspace | | • | Interactive tools including video and audio clips, and interactive tours |
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The easy & Trusted Companion To Online Research. Designed for adults and students alike, Encyclopaedia Britannica Deluxe DVD is a comprehensive reference resource that gives you up-to-date, in-depth, and easy-to-use information. Learn from Nobel laureates, historians, and other noted experts in a fun and single source. No other software can match the intelligence, depth, and accuracy of Encyclopaedia Britannica Deluxe. 
New--Britannica Biographies
Access insightful biographies of 2,000 Great Minds: astronomers, mathematicians, scientists, and others who shaped the world. |  With Britannica Workspace, you can save articles, images, video, and more in one convenient location. |  With more than 166,000 magazine articles and Web links, knowledge is simply at your fingertips. | Explore
Take an exhilarating ride through Videos, World Statistics, Classical Music, and more. - Daily Content
Learn something new every day with "This Day in History." - Exclusive--Britannica BrainStormer
Interactively understand relationships between ideas, subjects, and people. - Exclusive--Britannica Classics
Boost your knowledge with notable sources--including Marie Curie, Sigmund Freud, Harry Houdini, and Albert Einstein. - Free Content Updates
Get free monthly content updates for one year to ensure that you stay up-to-date.
More Productive Research & Homework Projects
Complete your research projects and homework assignments quickly and more effectively. Britannica Deluxe makes it easy with Britannica Workspace and Virtual Notecards. New--Britannica Workspace
Stay organized at all times! With Britannica Workspace, you can save articles, images, video, and more in one convenient location. Virtual Notecards
Save notes from your articles on a virtual notecard. Notes are printable, which makes your research easier and portable.
Extensive Online Links & Up-to-Date Information
Obtain more information faster! Britannica now makes it easier with more than 166,000 magazine articles and Web links. Knowledge is simply at your fingertips. - Get more in-depth research from magazines and related Web sites selected by Britannica editors
- Stay up-to-date with Britannica's newest and most updated articles through free monthly updates for one full year
- Access thousands of additional engaging videos online
More Exploration and Discovery with FREE Britannica Online Subscription
Register through your software today and enjoy a FREE six-month subscription to the award-winning Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. You'll also receive: - Newsfeeds and additional audio and video
- Britannica newsletters
- Discounts to the Britannica store
- And more!
6 Great Reasons to Trust Britannica
- Efficient. Search results are organized by relevancy, not popularity or paid placement.
- Accurate. Information is fact-checked by the Encyclopaedia Britannica editorial staff.
- Credible. Articles are written by Nobel Laureates, historians, and notable experts.
- Trusted. Content is authoritative, trusted, and unbiased.
- Convenient. No downloading or Internet connections required.
- Safe. No pornography, pop-up ads, or questionable content.
Product Description
Encyclopedia Britannica 2008 Deluxe gives you the world's most respected collection of information and keeps it right at your fingertips. Learn all about the great minds and great events that shaped the world, and use the new homework tool to finish school assignments more quickly -- and earn better grades. Virtual notecards and online videos Britannica Classics & Britannica BrainStormer Also includes Encarta World English Dictionary & Merriam Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus Homework tools like Homework Helpdesk & Homework Center Works with Windows Vista
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Encyclopedia Britannica Deluxe 2008 June 1, 2008
♦ Z ♦ (Jamestown, NY)
This is a nice program to have for school projects. The only problem I had was viewing video files. I have Vista Operating System and after doing some research had to download a patch in order to view the videos. My 10-year old daughter can search and find anything she's looking for easily without any help from an adult.
 Service one can trust !! April 21, 2008
Sharmin P. Maraj
Having to do research and working offline at times, it is products like Encyclopedias and other items like it that one can rely on Amazon for quality and prompt delivery.
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Wayde
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Sharmin Maraj
 YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED April 3, 2008
Mama to Aid'nAsh
8 out of 24 found this review helpful
I realize that my review is not about this product, but I think it is relevant to potential purchasers of Avanquest products. I do not know anything about this particular program, but have had considerable difficulty with Avanquest as detailed below.
I purchased My Ultimate Organizer 7.0 via download and subsequent key.
I am not making this up - the product displayed a message in Serbo-Croatian telling me the key had expired.
Four hours later with Technical Support and the problem is still not resolved (despite erasing the program, reinstalling, trying different keys, searching the Windows Registry, etc). It takes a full hour on hold to get a technical support representative and at the conclusion of the last session, I was told to contact Customer Service for a CD copy in the hopes that that would resolve the issue. Now Customer Service tells me Technical Support must send me the copy, although Technical Support says otherwise. I am out $30 for a program that is at this point, totally useless, and left adrift by Avanquest who has my money and refuses to help me.
I would purchase Avanquest products with extreme caution. If you have a Technical Support issue, you will have to wait a minimum of 60 minutes on hold (no 800 number), and then get fairly substandard service after that.
Another Unfortunate Version January 13, 2008
M. Allshouse (York, PA USA)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I really wanted to like this product, but it's broken out of the box. Apparently the video problem involves some kind of codec, but Britannica seems to have no clue. First, you have to download a patch to keep the software from looking for a specific version of Quicktime, apparently the one installed by Britannica. One has to wonder why they would (1) even install a version of Quicktime when it's available on the web, and (2) program the product to look for a specific version, when software versions change constantly. Even after installing this patch, however, the product STILL does not work. Now, instead of enjoying all the features of my brand new product, I will get to deal with support personnel and hope that they can solve the problem. If, in fact, it is a missing codec, why in the world is this problem not addressed on the Britannica support site?
Another potential drawback to this software is the advertised FREE subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica Online. This is offered as a one-year "trial" that requires a credit card to activate. At the end of the year, if you do not cancel, your credit card will be charged $49.95 for the next year. So, if you decided that you did not like the product and forgot about it after you uninstalled, you would suddenly find a $49.95 charge on your credit card. I really don't need the hassle of trying to get a refund on something I may not even remember signing up for. In my opinion, this offer is not "free."
All-in-all this is an unnecessarily amateurish effort from a company that should be capable of much more. I cannot recommend purchasing Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite.
 Encyclopedia Britanica software November 24, 2007
Gayle Teague (Dawson Springs, Ky.)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Very easy to use, useful product, takes a long time to fully install, does not list all information, as encyclopedia. Some of the simplest items that should be listed are not. Software needs a Codec to operate which is not on the disk, should be included, have to down load codec from Apple Software and the manually place it witin the corect foder on harddrive in order to access the videos, onsoftware. This is a real downside.
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