Encyclopaedia Britannica Launches Multi-Platform CD-ROM

Single-disk version offers the entire 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica text for just $75.00

CHICAGO, IL, April 3, 1998Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., has announced plans to release the stand-alone version of Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition, containing the most in-depth encyclopedic information available on a single CD-ROM, for $75.00. Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition is a hybrid edition (Mac/Windows compatible) of the award-winning CD-ROM encyclopedia, with updated information for 1998.

Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition includes the entire text of the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica containing 72,000 articles (including thousands of articles which do not appear in the print set), 4,000 images, more than 1,200 maps, the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1994-1997 Britannica Books-of-the-Year, as well as the complete Index. In addition, Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition will offer users the enhanced Spectrum and Compass features found on the Britannica CD 98 Multimedia release. Spectrum is Encyclop¾dia Britannica's unique outline of human knowledge visually defined in 12 classifications. Compass highlights Britannica's extensive statistical and geographic information about more than 190 nations of the world and features maps and flags of each.

Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition continues to make information seeking simple and rewarding with three advanced search features: natural language, key word, and Boolean searching. According to Jim Gurke, Britannica's Director of Institutional Sales and Marketing, "Britannica CD's ease-of-use and extremely affordable pricing make it the perfect solution to the reference needs of any school or library." Also, added Gurke, "This product proudly continues the tradition of Britannica as the authoritative source of knowledge since 1768, and this price allows every institution to bring this tradition into their library."

System Requirements Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition is available for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Windows requirements include: an IBM Compatible 386-based PC or higher (486 recommended); 8Mb RAM (16Mb recommended), 16Mb of free hard drive space; MS-DOS 5.0 or higher; MS Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups v 3.11; CD-ROM drive (2x or faster); and a mouse. 640X480 resolution and 256 colors recommended.

Macintosh requirements include: Macintosh with a 68040 (or greater) processor or Power Macintosh; 8Mb RAM; 20 Mb of free hard drive space plus 32 MB virtual memory; System 7.5 or higher recommended; 2x CD-ROM drive; and a mouse.

The Networked version can be implemented on the following networks: Novell 3.1x, Novell 4.1x, Windows NT Server 3.51, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation 3.51, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups or Macintosh Apple Talk. The network must either have access to a CD-ROM drive to run the program from the CD-ROM, and/or have access to a large hard drive with about 650 Mb or free space where all of the files will be installed.

Pricing for Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition in the stand-alone format is $75.00. Pricing for the networked version starts at $295.00 for 1-2 workstations or $495.00 for 500 users or less.

To learn more about Britannica CD 98 Standard Edition, call 1-800-621-3900. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. publishes the most authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedias in the English language. They include Britannica CD 98, on CD-ROM; Britannica Online, on the Internet; and the famous 32-volume Encyclop¾dia Britannica. The company also offers an Internet-navigation service-Britannica Internet Guide-featuring 75,000 sites selected by Britannica editors as the best of the Web. The company is headquartered in Chicago and is located on the World Wide Web at www.eb.com.

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