Encyclopedia Britannica 2009 Deluxe

Platform: Windows, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Windows XP, Macintosh

Avanquest, 2008, DVD-ROM

Main Features

Jumpstart your research with over 84,000 articles and more than 166,000 magazine and online links
Expand your knowledge with historical timelines, world atlas, Britannica BrainStormer, Britannica Classics, Merriam Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus and Spanish-English Translation Dictionary, and more
Bring your research to life with thousands of new engaging mages, videos, and audio clips; in-depth coverage of exciting topics selected by Britannica editors
Over 2,000 biographies of influential World Leaders from 2930 to the present, plus 2,000 insightful biographies of Great Minds
Free Britannica Online 6-Month Membership ($35 Value); 90-day Money Back Guarantee

Product Description

Designed for adults and students alike, Encyclopædia Britannica Deluxe 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 one single source. No other software can match the intelligence, depth, and accuracy of Encyclopædia Britannica Deluxe.

A comprehensive reference resource with up-to-date, in-depth, and easy-to-use information.

Benefits

Award-winning and #1 best selling* reference software
84,000+ articles
Essential Knowledge tools — expand your knowledge with historical timelines, world atlas, Britannica BrainStormer, Britannica Classics, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus and Spanish-English Dictionary, and more
More Multimedia — thousands of new images, videos, and audio clips
Extensive Online Resources — 166,000+ Web sites and magazine articles
Easy Research Organization — Workspace for project management and school research, Virtual Notecards to save notes from your articles, Bookmark & Save to incorporate articles and media into your reports
Current — free monthly content updates
Free Encyclopædia Britannica Online 6-month membership — $35 value!
Dual Platform Windows/Mac compatible
90-day money back guarantee

*NPD Group/NPD TechWorld, January 2007 — March 2008. Based on U.S. Retail Unit Sales for the Encyclopedia Category

Authoritative Content & Interactive Features

The KNOWLEDGE EXPERTS — Encyclopædia Britannica is the world's most famous, most accurate, and most authoritative source of reliable reference information, a position it has proudly held since 1768.

Jumpstart your research with over 84,000 authoritative and richly illustrated articles

Your discoveries come to life with images, videos, and audio clips.

English to Spanish and Spanish to English dictionary.

World Atlas included.

Britannica Biographies covering influential world leaders and great minds.

BrainStormer is an interactive way to understand relationships between ideas, subjects, and people.

84,000+ In-Depth Articles
Jumpstart your research with over 84,000 authoritative and richly illustrated articles

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus
Get instant access to thousands of definitions, synonyms, and antonyms.

More Rich Multimedia
Your discoveries come to life with images, videos, and audio clips.

New — Merriam-Webster Translation Dictionary
English to Spanish and Spanish to English

World Atlas

New — Britannica Biographies
More than 2,000 biographies covering influential World Leaders from 2930 BC to the present day. Plus Great Minds — 2,000 astronomers, Nobel laureates, scientists, and others that changed the world.

Exclusive — Britannica BrainStormer
An interactive way to understand relationships between ideas, subjects, and people.

Exclusive — Britannica Classics
Articles written by Britannica's most notable contributors including Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, and Harry Houdini.

Historical Timelines
People, events, and discoveries of the past.

Daily Content
Learn something new every day with "This Day in History."

Take notes and save articles, images, and videos in one convenient location.

Access to even more videos and images online.

Includes Britannica Online 6-month trial membership.

Powerful Tools To Expand & Organize Your Research

Workspace
Stay organized at all times! Take notes and save articles, images, and videos in one convenient location.

Virtual Notecards
Save notes from your articles on a virtual note card. Notes are printable to make your research easier and portable!

Bookmark & Save
Easily incorporate articles and media into reports.

Extensive Online Resources

Magazine & Related Web Sites
Links to more than 166,000 Web sites and magazine articles selected by Britannica editors.

Free Content Updates
Stay current with new and updated articles free for one full year

More Multimedia
Access to even more videos and images online

6 great reasons to trust Britannica

Credible: Articles are written by Nobel Laureates, historians, and notable experts.
Accurate: Information is fact-checked by the Encyclopedia Britannica editorial staff.
Trusted: Content is authoritative, trusted, and unbiased.
Efficient: Search results are organized by relevancy, not popularity or paid placement.
Convenient: No downloading or Internet connections required.
Safe: No pornography, pop-up ads, or questionable content.
Up-to-date: Stay current with regular updates.

Exclusive Offer for Software Customers

Britannica Online 6-Month Trial Membership - $35 Value!

Free 6-Month Trial Membership** to Britannica Online Premium when you register your software today! You'll also receive:

Complete access from anywhere, anytime
Over one million pages online
Discounts to the Britannica Store

**Software registration and credit card required to activate free trial membership.

Product Details

Title: Encyclopedia Britannica 2009 Deluxe
Sales Rank: 239 in Software
Publisher: Avanquest
Platform: Windows, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Windows XP, Macintosh, DVD-ROM
Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches, 0.15 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great encyclopedia, bad software: As an encyclopedia, it does a great job. At this price you get absolutely a great amount of and CORRECT knowledge. Dictionary, atlas, timelines and online updates are all good features.
I'm not a fun of BrainStormer, but that's fine.
As a simple database + search software, sometimes taking up ~60% CUP power on my laptop with a 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo… More reviews

Britannica 2009: I could forgive many issues related to usability if, at its core, this was a great encyclopedia, but it is not. On the searches that I have done so far, the Britannica 2009 returned less useful material than my old Encarta 2003 which installed, loads, and generally just works better and faster than this product.
A couple of warnings: More reviews

It's better, but the software still needs work.: It's interesting...a few years ago, Encarta was king in terms of user interface, speed, and the atlas (content was/is pretty decent) while Britannica reigned supreme in terms of content, but the software was lousy. Britannica has since made great strides while Encarta seems to be slowing down (could this be the MS bloat-ware curse?). Encarta still wins on UI,… More reviews

Great Encylopedia: Unbeatable @$20.00, I remember when the written version was $3-400 and it didnt come with sound.
Thanks Britannica, Thanks Amazon
Tony C
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THE Encyclopedia!: The Encyclopedia Britannica 2009 (established in 1768), both in its Ultimate (now also called "Student and Home") and Deluxe versions, builds on the success of its completely revamped previous editions in 2006-8. The rate of innovation in the last three versions was impressive and welcome. It continues apace in this rendition with Britannica Biographies (Great Minds and Leaders), Classical… More reviews