For homework, research and the wonder of exploration! Help young minds find answers to their many questions with the Children's Encyclopedia. Two complete age-appropriate encyclopedias, the Elementary Encyclopedia and the Student Encyclopedia together covering an age range of 7 to 14, form the cornerstone of this complete reference tool that interests and involves young learners. From reference to learning games to homework help; it's all right here. No slow Internet connections, no ads, and no questionable Internet results. A host of new interface enhancements include a Homework Helpdesk and a tabbed interface, similarly seen in web browsers such as FireFox. Content opens in a new tab, which allows multiple documents of any content type to be open at once, however still allows for an uncluttered workspace. New for 2006

New user interface: makes navigation quick and easy.

The new World Atlas quickly and easily takes you across the world with thousands of maps, articles and statistics. Ideal for student reports, travel planning and background on current events.

New and updated content covers Current Events: Justin Timberlake, New York City blackout, Katherine Hepburn and much more. What you can expect to find:

17,700+ articles

5,800+ images maps and multimedia

287 World Data Profiles

166,000 Web links

242,000 Merriam-Webster dictionary & thesaurus entries

2,985 indexed timeline entries

Thousands of magazine articles and videos online