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The Encarta Reference Library comes on either five CD-ROM disks or on a single-disk DVD. 'We were very conscious of the fact that teachers and parents do not want us to create plagiarism tools,' said Alt. The system even creates footnotes and bibliographies of the materials and includes them in the final reports. The system's Web Center allows for instant access to Web-based material that is selected and reviewed by Encarta editors.Īnother feature that's sure to please students is the Encarta Researcher, which will help them collect and organize text and pictures from Encarta and the Web for school reports. We're more current really than we've ever been because we're able to download new and revised articles via the Internet,' said Gary Alt, the encyclopedia's editor-in-chief. But even more recent events, such as the 2002 Winter Olympics have made it into the electronic encyclopedia. Information about events that occurred during the past year, such as the crisis in the Middle East, was added into the new software. And users will find plenty new in the Encarta Reference Library 2003 set. Microsoft is updating its popular Encarta Reference Library software - just in time for the upcoming new school year. The complete survey report can be found online at the Pew Internet and American Life Project's Web site: - Richard Davies, ABCNEWS Thirty-seven percent of those surveyed say their Internet use has cut into the time they spend in front of the tube, and 31 percent say it has decreased the time they spend shopping in stores. Eighty-six percent of these users say that the Internet has helped them to learn new things.īut all this time online means other pastimes often get sidelined. Spending so much time online allows these Internet users to satisfy several queries, according to the survey. 'People just turn to the Internet constantly once they have broadband in their home,' said Horrigan. The survey found 82 percent of broadband users are online on any given day, compared to only 58 percent of dial-up users. Broadband Internet users are also much more likely to spend their time online than dial-up users.

Microsoft encarta reference library download