Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia:1996 Edition


Compton's New Media

Available in Windows format

Review by Christine Klauberg Paustian


If a multimedia computer is destined to peek out from under the branches of your tree this holiday season, you're probably also considering a selection of software to go along with it. If you haven't already considered a multimedia encyclopedia, you might want to think about Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, 1996 Edition for Windows.

Compton's has perfected the art of effectively delivering interactive CD-ROM-based information in this new edition of its perennially popular software. Every piece of information leads to yet another, offering a rich and rewarding experience full of questions and answers, learning and understanding. Compton's offers a tool for every style and research need, and multimedia to spice it up and keep you coming back for more.

Compton's serves up information in a wide variety of ways. Whether you're looking for information for an eighth grade science report, or an answer to a question that might always have puzzled you, you're certain to find an approach that will suit the task at hand, right from the toolbar.

Overall, Compton's 1996 Edition contains the complete contents of the entire 26-volume encyclopedia, more than 8,000 pictures, fast and easy printing of pictures and articles, over 100 full-motion video and 3-D animations, over 15 hours of sounds, an up-to-date atlas, and so much more that you'll never tire of this rich and truly exciting window to the world.

So as the weather turns chilly, and the stores begin to glitter, get that list started-and put Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1996 Edition for Windows at the very top. Your whole family will be glad you did.


Christine Paustian is a technical services manager and freelance writer in Briarcliff Manor, NY. She can be reached at ckp@westnet.com.


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