This is an essential multimedia reference guide to science and technology in everyday life with a unique ‘virtual-reality’ user interface. Illumines 1,700 entries in 5 categories: Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Life Sciences and a Who’s Who.
Key Stage : 2-4 Prices (In Pounds Sterling) £39.99
Collins English Dictionary (Third Edition) and Collins Thesaurus in A-Z Form are among the most popular English reference books. Now they are available in electronic form. Imagine synonyms, definitions, idioms and etymologies accessible directly within your word processor. Look up a word by its meaning when you don’t even know the word. Find any word by using just a couple of letters. You have instant access to cities in Japan, rivers in Germany, business words, government terms, names, places, dates, etc. 180,000 references connected to 275,000 synonyms; 190,000 definitions and 16,000 encyclopedic entries; in-depth coverage of special interest subjects; powerful search capabilities including wildcards.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £29.99 10 Workstations £88.13 25 Workstations £176.25 50 Workstations £235 100 Workstations £293.75 150 Workstations £352.5
Britain’s biggest single-volume English dictionary is now available on CD-ROM. It provides unrivalled coverage of English with over half a million definitions and references, plus 25,000 new entries. Powerful CompLex software rapidly finds the definition of any word or phrase. Other features: wildcard search option (? and *) for the crossword and wordgame enthusiast; thematic (full-text) searches and rapid cross-referencing; indexes of foreign and idiomatic phrases; Boolean searches and other advanced features; clear and unabbreviated full colour display; cut, paste and print facilities; direct access from Microsoft Word for Windows or Word 6.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £44.99
COBUILD is the Collins-Birmingham University International Language Database which provides an authoritative and informative description of today's real English. COBUILD on CD-ROM integrates Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary, Collins COBUILD English Usage and Collins COBUILD English Grammar together with a Word Bank containing 5 million words selected from the Collins COBUILD Bank of English. Providing instant access to meanings of words and grammatical information, this immensely powerful reference tool can be used with equal ease by beginners and researchers. It contains over 70,000 references and over 90,000 real examples. Global searches can be carried out across all three books and the Word Bank.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £47 10 Workstations £141 25 Workstations £282 50 Workstations £387.75 100 Workstations £481.75 150 Workstations £575.75 Student's Dictionary on CD-ROM £34.08
The Oxford Writer’s Shelf answers all your questions on grammar, spelling, usage and punctuation in seconds. It is ideal for anyone who writes at work or for pleasure. It contains: Pocket Oxford Dictionary; Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors; Oxford Guide to English Usage; Oxford Minidictionary of Quotations and A Compact Encyclopedia with over 10,000 entries covering science, technology, commerce, the arts, politics, sport and biography.
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Contains three key secondary school titles from Oxford: Oxford School Dictionary; Using the Oxford School Dictionary; Oxford Study Thesaurus. You can print out the worksheets of exercises and games for use in class (or at home); instantly cross-reference between the Dictionary and the Thesaurus; use the separate answer section for the exercises and games.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £23.49 Site Licence £69.99
The complete text of Encyclopaedia Britannica compressed onto a single CD-ROM. Incredibly there are over 65,000 articles all on this one disk. Many are written by Nobel prize winners and other experts in each field, so their depth of knowledge and authority is unrivalled. Britannica CD contains over 44,000,000 words, and also more than 4,200 photos, charts, flags, illustrations and tables. There’s even a built-in Merriam-Webster-Collegiate Dictionary.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £124.95 10 User Network £1099.59
A complete 28-volume encyclopaedia, comprising sound and graphics as well as text, on one CD-ROM. It is easy to browse, home in on specific information, even cut and paste information into another application. Retrieval is fast - Encarta can speed its way through nine million words to find a piece of information in seconds. Encarta98 is a fully revised, adapted and updated version with 28,000 articles, 3000 sound clips: music, bird and animal sounds, samples of languages, word pronunciations and more; thousands of images: 8000 photographs; 1000 illustrations; more than 100 animations; more than 800 maps and 250 interactive charts. Also includes 2,000 Web Links.
Navigating Encarta is easy. You can search by article name or using key words or phrases, and then click on highlighted areas to pull in related information, with the Topic Tracker keeping a list of what you look at. Use the enlarge button to zoom in on photos and maps, or the Gallery button to browse a series of pictures.
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The 1998 edition of The Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia is a more powerful reference tool than ever before, and for those with Internet access, this new edition features on-line links allowing you to download updates and connect to over 500 recommended Web sites for further information. The user friendly interface is now even faster and also provides smooth access to more than 40,000 articles, bibliographies, quotations, essays, tables and chronologies, a dictionary of difficult words, a world atlas, a timeline and a quiz, including sets of questions specifically aligned to the National Curriculum.
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World Book and IBM have launched the international edition of the 1997 World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. This double CD-ROM contains more than 8,000 illustrations, 134 videos, 44 animations and 17,500 articles. It’s linked to the National Curriculum making it an indispensable teaching aid - each article is carefully written on a variety of levels, allowing children t take what they need out of the piece, according to their age and ability. It’s also linked to the Internet so that you can download updates from the Internet and embed them within the relevant articles.
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This new edition provides instant access to up to date information. The new search engine offers numerous search options to help users quickly locate articles and multimedia. The information is timely and current with new articles and links to related Web sites. The reference source also includes The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, The Concise Oxford Thesaurus, The Oxford Dictionary of the World and The Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Biography. Features: Direct Links to related Web sites have been pre-selected by research specialists to provide user access to the very best of the Internet. The Planetarium displays maps of the night sky as views from any place on the globe, any time of the year. Star Quest engages users in a 3-D game of learning about astronomy. In Time Line, pick a year and it shows historic, social and scientific events that are intertwined through the ages. SlideShow allows you to create your own multimedia presentation and slideshows. World Atlas lets you click on any place in the World and find facts, figures, music and more.
Age Range : 10 to adult Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £39.95
Based on Helicon’s best-selling Dictionary of Science, The Hutchinson Science Library is a unique tool for every student, general reader or teacher. Without getting up from your desk you can check formulae, test your science knowledge with 800 quiz questions, keep up with the latest developments in every field from genetics to quantum theory, and see how today’s theories developed over the centuries. In addition, over 1,300 biographies provide a fascinating and revealing background to present-day science. The CD contains six outstanding books: The Hutchinson Chronology of Science, (NYP), The Hutchinson Dictionary of Science, The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientists, The Hutchinson Natural History Dictionary (NYP), The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Medicine (NYP), The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Computing and Multimedia (NYP). Features: an interactive science quiz; full searching by word or category across a million words and 10,000 entries; pop-up news flashes, quotations, tables, bibliographies, features and progress reports; a timeline of 2,500 key events and discoveries; key terms and concepts used in the National Curriculum; 1,000 illustrations.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £46.99
Learning is fun and easy with the six interactive learning environments, 35,000 articles, 100 full-motion videos and slide shows, animations and presentations, more than 8000 photos and illustrations, and even a free bonus CD-ROM Small Blue Planet - the Real Picture World Atlas. Also features: on-line access directly from encyclopedia interface; exclusive Editing Room which turns articles, videos, pictures and sounds into personal multimedia presentations; guided tour by Patrick Stewart.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £39.97 Lab Pack £94
The UK’s ultimate multimedia reference, this CD-ROM Encyclopaedia contains the text of the entire UK Cambridge University Press Encyclopaedia, over 3 million words, 10,000 images, 25 minutes of video, 180 animations, plus over 2 hours of sound. specific sections include major events of the twentieth century, a day by day news summary for 1996, detailed digital maps of each country together with complete statistical information, a world history timeline, tours, games and tutorials and much more.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £34.99 Site Licence £89.96
The ultimate multimedia reference library. It combines the full 12-volume Hutchinson New Century Encyclopedia; the 3-volume Oxford Concise Dictionary of National Biography; the Longman Dictionary of the English Language; Hutchinson Info 96 - a Yearbook, Almanac and Fact Finder; the Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of English Usage; the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Quotations; the Bloomsbury Thesaurus; and the Hammond World Atlas. Finding information is easy with Infopedia’s unique, single screen interface. Select a topic and instantly access all related articles, videos, photos, animations and recordings from more than 250,000 entries. You can search with a selection of key words, by category, or even customise your search. Zoom to explore full colour, highly detailed maps of the world. Supports Windows 95. Lab Packs contain one copy of the Infopedia and extra CD-ROMS. Site Licences are in addition to one Infopedia and assume information will be networked.
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With 1,300 entries illustrated by 1,600 pictures plus sample sounds, The Kingfisher Children’s Micropedia is a comprehensive reference resource that gives your pupils valuable experience in handling information on computer. Because entries are organised in 12 overall topic areas, information is more manageable and readily accessible to all your pupils. A quick Index Search gives immediate access to relevant entries allowing pupils to pinpoint the information they want and to explore different subjects. Hot links and See also facilities create connection across entries. Whilst Did you know? features add extra fun and interest. On the Acorn, using the specially integrated database, children can explore, question and compare different aspects of information within each of the topic areas. For younger children or poor readers, a second level of entry allows them to browse through pictures, and makes text easy-to-read without having to plough through a whole article. All pictures and data can be exported or printed out to be used in classroom activities or topic based work. Micropedia now comes with two copies of the CD-ROM in every pack, an accompanying Quick Start Guide for teachers, photocopiable teaching activities for pupils and a detailed Reference Guide.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £52.88
A compilation of reference software packages providing fast access to accurate information for people who have to write in a variety of different subject areas. Contains the 16 books in the Oxford Writer’s Shelf: The Oxford Writer’s Shelf; the Oxford Business Shelf; the Oxford Language Shelf; the Oxford Science Shelf; Pocket Oxford Dictionary; Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors; Oxford Guide to English Usage; Oxford Minidictionary of Quotations; A Compact Encyclopedia; A Concise Dictionary of Business; A Concise Dictionary of Law; Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations; A World Gazetteer; Oxford French Minidictionary; Oxford German Minidictionary; Oxford Spanish Minidictionary; Oxford Italian Minidictionary; Concise Science Dictionary; Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors; Dictionary of Computing.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) £49.98 2-10 Users Network £176.25 11-50 Users Network £528.75
The definitive reference library. One-click access to: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The Peoples Chronology, Longman’s Roget Thesaurus, The Hammond Atlas of the World, The Concise Columbia Encyclopaedia, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, The American Heritage Dictionary. 80,000 spoken pronunciations and over 60 animations. Video clips of scientific concepts and major moments in history. Updated annually.
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A comprehensive medical dictionary, providing clear, simple definitions for nearly 20,000 terms - plus thousands of illustrations, tables, audio pronunciations and media clips. Appendixes, covering a wide range of health care topics, including health problems, nutrition, pregnancy, paediatrics and prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. A full-colour Atlas of medical illustrations, depicting the major body systems, organs and more.
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Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of light, space and time. Now you can experience Einstein’s life and work, with this, the first CD-ROM to be authorised by his estate.
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Millions of students around the world have improved their written and spoken English using the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. All the definitions are written within a defining vocabulary of 3,500 easy-to-understand words and the information is fully up-to-date and accurate. There are more than 90,000 corpus-based examples designed to help students use English words and phrases correctly and appropriately. Features: all headwords have spoken pronunciations; instant cross-referencing to related words; photos and line-drawings with immediate access to the text; simple yet powerful searching on any part of the text; links with Word and Wordperfect for quick look-up and transfer of information.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £69.99
All twenty volumes of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary are now available on a single compact disk. Simple searches can be conducted from a variety of starting points stretching far beyond the headword, the initial point of entry to the printed edition. Complex searches are supported by a powerful yet flexible query language, specially designed for this edition of the Dictionary. Questions which might have taken years of patient research using the printed edition can now be answered in seconds.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £293.75 2-10 Users Network £1169.13 11-50 users Network £2350 Manual (Windows or Mac) £11.75
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is a treasury of English, showing how the language has developed from before the Norman conquest to the present day. The New Shorter contains half a million definitions, ranging from literary English to street slang. It has 83,000 illustrative quotations to enhance definitions, and a total of 7.5 million words of text. On CD-ROM, the vast quantity of data in the dictionary can be accessed in many interesting ways which would be impossible using the printed edition. As well as looking up headwords, a variety of more specific searches can be made, including searching for abbreviations, phrases and derivatives. Searches can be filtered by data, part of speech, an label: for instance you could look up all the slang words coined in the early 19th century.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £79.99 2-10 User Licence £282 11-50 User Licence £763.75 Manual £11.69
The Oxford Compendium 3.0 now contains the best selling ninth edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary with 140,000 definitions and standard British pronunciation of every headword in the dictionary. With one simple mouse click you can hear your chosen word being read aloud and replay it as many times as you like. In addition, the clearer layout of the new Compendium means that quick navigation between the dictionary, the Oxford Thesaurus, and the combined Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations is easier than ever before. Finally, with the link to Microsoft Office 97, the Oxford Compendium 3.0 is now compatible with the very latest version of Microsoft Word so you can look up words from within your document and easily transfer information to your word processor.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £49.98 2-10 Users Network £176.25 11-50 Users Network £528.75
Compact Questions is a database of science questions on CD-ROM. It contains over 5000 illustrated questions to cover the Programme of Study for Key Stages 3 and 4 of the National Curriculum. It enables you: to prepare worksheets, homework, cover assignments and all your assessment (end of topic/end of year) exactly as you want them; to produce tests and have high-quality professional presentation; to select questions precisely through a keyword system for any scheme of work; to organise and edit questions (with or without answer spaces) on screen. Compact Questions: Science is available complete or separately for Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
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Version |
AVP-W98-HU21 |
Physics |
AVP-W98-HU22 |
Chemistry |
AVP-W98-HU23 |
Biology |
Complete Set: Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £176.25 Each Subject: £58.75
The new Letts Revision Guides on CD-ROM offer the ideal way to prepare for GCSE exams. Combining the expertise of the leading name in revision guides with the benefits of multimedia learning, these CD-ROMs will help with three key areas of revision: The Revision Planner: an interactive planner helps the student to use time efficiently. The Revision Course: a complete course of revision material, with clear animations, photographs and diagrams. Examiner’s tips and summaries highlight the key facts; a pop-up glossary explains the meaning of hundreds of terms; two check-tests for each chapter reinforce learning. Testing Your Progress: progress tests cover the whole syllabus; timed mock exams improve exam technique; full answers with Examiner’s tips on how to avoid common mistakes; complete record of all marks with assessment of likely grades.
Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £22.91
The Inside Track to GCSE Success, covering Maths, Geography, Science and English, provides up to 1200 students with up to 70 hours of individualised study per subject. The software will improve examination grades dramatically by having students apply their skills and knowledge to past examination questions. By enabling students to appreciate what the examiner will be looking for, the software encourages them to revise appropriately and respond to examination questions in a structured way, thereby maximising their individual potential.
The teacher’s component of the software enables the students’ progress to be monitored and custom-made test papers to be constructed from the extensive bank of questions and model answers available. The questions are licensed from the NEAB, MEG and Welsh (WJEC) examination boards.
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Version |
AVP-W98-309060M |
Inside Track Mathematics |
AVP-W98-309060G |
Inside Track Geography |
AVP-W98-309060S |
Inside Track Science |
AVP-W98-309060E |
Inside Track English |
Key Stage : 3-4 Each Student Pack: Prices (In Pounds Sterling) Single User £39.97
Starter Pack (up to 10 students) £116.33 Class Pack (up to 40 students) £351.33