Software Reviews : Microsoft Bookshelf for WindowsPublisher: Microsoft Corporation,One Microsoft Way,Redmond,CA 98052;800-426-9400 Year of Publication: 1991 Version Reviewed: i.o Materials: CD-ROM disk,instruction manual Price: $195 Machine Specificity: IBM-compatible 80286 (> 10 MHZ),80386,or 80486 computer System Requirements: 30MB hard disk,2MB RAM,CD-ROM drive,VGA or Super-VGA monitor,audio board (Creative Labs' Sound Blaster or Media Vision's Pro Audio Spectrum),mouse,and headphone or speakers;Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later,Microsoft Multimedia Extensions 1.0 or later,Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions 2.2 or later,and MS-DOS 3.1 or later Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Good

Abstract

This comprehensive multimedia reference work includes the Hammond World Atlas, Roget's Thesaurus, the American Heritage Dictionary, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, the Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. Besides text, pictures, and maps, the program provides a number of animated and audio clips. The design of this software allows easysearching and cutting-and-pasting of information across the books included.