Is this really the learning tool for your child?
Written: Jul 03 '01 (Updated Jul 09 '01)
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Pros: Nice looking in the bookshelf emits image of scholarly youths.
Cons: Collects dust and does little for your kids.
The Bottom Line: Let's face it. The information is useless if you can't find it. The search process is too hard for young minds.
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| greenspan's Full Review: Encyclopedia Britannica 1998 Books |
Encyclopędia Britannica Print Set
Sale Price $750.00
Advertised as being the most "powerful and comprehensive general information resource" by it's publisher who sales this 32 volume set of "adward winning" encyclopaedia that combines a CD-ROM, Internet reference resource, and annual yearbooks to entice you to open your wallet and shell out the $750.00, which the salesman is eager to point out is a 40% discount off the regular price of $1250.00.
They also are advertised as being "the cornerstone of the ultimate home library." For people who care deeply about information, accuracy, and timeliness, there is no better choice if the people have plenty of time and patience. Finding something in the set is very difficult for the young students and I feel the set should not be considered unless your child is mature and dedicated to seeking the answer through the four part organization of the 32 volume set. I made the mistake of letting the sales rep. talk us into the purchase when my child was still wearing diapers by telling us all the extras and the advantage of limited time pricing. My children never used the set even though they tried. Their Mother was lost when trying to filter through the data in their so called organized system.
The "Handsome 32-volume set of Encyclopędia Britannica in our black heirloom binding
Award-winning Britannica CD 2001 Standard Edition" that was suppose to be the answer to my children's hunger for knowledge was truly as they said it would be the "cornerstone of our home library". The cornerstone that sat there like a rock of the shelf gathering dust as we shuttled our desperate children to their Grandmother's to look up the needed information in her 1958 copy of the World Book. Old information is better than no information when it comes to little Suzi turning in a report on Columbus' journey to discover the new route to trade. We finally went to trade day and purchased an old copy of the World Book advertised in the paper. Paid $30.00, got a set that was eight years old, but a set that made information accessible to our young teens. The 32 volume Brittannica sat idle next to the used World Book. The World Book was used in more ways than one.
Bottom line: So you want a nicely bound set of encyclopaedias sitting in your bookshelf, or would you prefer to have your children bound for the college of their choosings?
Recommended:
No
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