Peter's Digital Reference Shelf-April edition

Lois Kiehl kiehl at hawaii.edu
Tue Apr 4 06:10:09 EDT 2000


The April edition of Peter's Digital Reference Shelf is now available on
the Gale Group website. This month Peter reviews two encyclopedias, the
New Millennium Encyclopedia on CD-ROM and the Funk & Wagnalls Knowledge
Center available free online.
	
These in-depth reviews are illustrated with dozens of screenshots and
provide a multi-linked virtual walk-through of the databases. They are
written by Peter Jacso, the 1998 recipient of the Louis Shores - Oryx
Press Award of the Reference and User Services Association for his
discerning database reviews. His column is available free of charge to all
users at

        http://www.galegroup.com/reference/reference.htm

See the Archives for databases previously reviewed:

        Biography Resource Center
        Biography.com
        Biographical Dictionary
        Amazon
        Barnes & Noble
        Borders
        Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 (CD-ROM)
        Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 (CD-ROM)
        Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 2000 (CD-ROM)
        American Heritage Dictionary Deluxe
        Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 
        WWWebster Dictionary
        Encarta World English Dictionary 
        Encarta Africana 2000 
        Britannica.com 

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