Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!udel!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!carltech From: carltech@clark.net (CARLTECH) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.kids,alt.cd-rom,comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia,comp.publish.cdrom.software Subject: Re: cd-rom encyclopedia choice Followup-To: misc.consumers,misc.kids,alt.cd-rom,comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia,comp.publish.cdrom.software Date: 4 Apr 1994 03:34:28 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 27 Message-ID: <2no1s4$q6k@clarknet.clark.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: cdrom.com misc.consumers:298 misc.kids:292 alt.cd-rom:2222 comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia:279 comp.publish.cdrom.software:345 Rafe Aldridge (rca@sirius.tn.rl.ac.uk) wrote: : In article rdn@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (richard.d.nelson) writes: : >Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with either/and Groliers and : >Comptons encyclopedias on cd-rom? I'm considering buying one of them, but : >would like to have feedback as to which is "better". Groliers is available : >for $39 and Comptons for around $69 through a catalog. : These must be out of date. I know prices in the states are cheap BUT not that : cheap. : Rafe : ---------------------------------------------------------------- : Rafe Aldridge - rca@sirius.tn.rl.ac.uk : R65, Rutherford Appleton Lab, wwWWww : Chilton, Oxon, OX11 OQX, UK. o o : ------------------------------------------------ooO--(__)--Ooo-- I have the Comptons and find it appropriate for middle school students. However, it is of limited depth and searchability. For example it could not find the combination of "compulsory" and "education" when I was trying to explain to my children that they were *fortunate* to have homework. However, it has an on-line dictionary and world atlas that are convenient to use. Barbara at Carltech