Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Sep 08 '00
Pros: easy to use
Cons: none that I know of
Summary: When I purchased my new computer, this software was part of the package deal. At first, I didn't pay much attention to it. After all, when exactly does a stay at home mom need to use an encyclopedia. Well, when her baby sister needs to do a book ... read more
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Feb 03 '01
Pros: Allot of excellent content.
Cons: Uninteresting interface.
Summary: Grolier has been around more than any other reference software. This is the 13th edition of the encyclopedia. It is not much fun to use because the interface is not very good.
Older children may be able to work with it but it will not grab the ... read more
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Dec 14 '00
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: ?
Summary: As I purchased a new bundle of software for a computer I was building the 1999 Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia was in the set. This software is great for Children and not to bad for old dad. It is easy to use and will do a search in matter of seconds ... read more
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Oct 05 '00
Pros: good pictures - easy to use
Cons: BAD tech support
Summary: An encyclopedia on one CD? --- no way! You really expect me to believe that you put an entire MULTIMEDIA encyclopedia on one cd?
Yes, they did. The search engine on the CD is very easy to use. My kids have used it many times for reports and ... read more
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Sep 11 '00
Pros: Many options to choose from
Cons: Not one
Summary: My grandma bought us this encyclopedia for Christmas a few years back, and I'll tell you I can't enjoy it more. I use it mainly for reports, but sometimes I just pop it in because I'm bored.
When the screen first comes up, it allows you to ... read more
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Jul 15 '00
Pros: Gives a general picture
Cons: The articles are short
Summary: I have not known Grolier Encyclopedias to be very useful. But when I tried my free copy , I knew that I was wrong. The Grolier has good articles, multimedia to help the researcher help get the visual picture, and plenty of photos. Although I must admit ... read more
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May 08 '00
Pros: good information, multimedia is very helpful in illustration
Cons: support staff is less than impressive and the software has minor bugs
Summary: As i work on a computer network in a school environment, we test out encylopedia and reference software from time to time. We bought grolier's 1999 multimedia encyclopedia and ran it through our little test gauntlet. Opening it from a network drive, ... read more
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Mar 22 '00
Pros: fast easy educational
Cons: wish i had more time to look throught more of the information
Summary: i am a college student the grolier encyclopedia came along with our computer. i am currently taking two history courses and i have had many different papers that i have had assigned on a variety of different topics. this is a great CD it has lots of ... read more
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Jan 24 '00
Pros: The Encyclopedia itself is probably wonderful
Cons: Tech. support hard to get to
Summary: Probably, 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is wonderful. Probably, it's full of useful things, bright pictures etc. etc. However, it looks like we would never know this for sure...
In our case, for whatever reason, the Encyclopedia did not ... read more
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Jan 16 '00
Pros: everything
Cons: nothing
Summary: I got my copy through an online thing where they send you free software to try and rate. This is the best encyclopedia i have ever seen. It has a lot of everything plus online features. It has interactive sections on several things like the human body ... read more
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Dec 16 '99
Pros: many different topics
Cons: takes up alot of memory
Summary: The 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Delux Edition is the best computer encyclopedia i've ever seen yet. Compared to other Grolier encyclopedia's this beats them hands down. It has more information that is easer to look up and is very detailed. ... read more
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