Also at top are buttons to start separate functions such as Dictionaries, Atlas, Timelines, BrainStormer.
The main interface resembles a web browser coded for frames, with a left-hand sidebar listing entries alphabetically, and Home and forward/backward arrows above. When you start up Encyclopaedia Britannica 2009 - a cross-platform package for Windows or Mac - it asks what type of content you'd like to see - Elementary for children 6-10, Intermediate for 10-14 year olds, or adult.
New features in Encyclopaedia Britannica 2009 include Britannica Biographies with over 2000 entries, plus another 2000 Great Minds entries Historical Timelines which shows a linear flow of history a new interactive A-Z QuickSearch and Britannica Book of the Year articles. Unlike Wikipedia's sometimes partisan entries, susceptible to vandalism by jokers and people with axes to grind, the Encyclopaedia Britannica 2009 has articles written by professional historians and experts, with facts checked by Brittanica editorial staff. To counter this kind of competition, the Encyclopaedia Britannica promotes features that will appeal to certain users, namely its safety for children (no need to send your kids out on the net), and its accuracy and credibility. In its English language repository alone, Wikipedia can boast 2.7 million article entries. While it may be the biggest version yet, claiming over 74,000 article entries, it will still have trouble keeping up with that popular internet oracle Wikipedia.
The latest electronic edition, available on one DVD, is billed as Encyclopaedia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Edition. The Encyclopaedia Britannica isn't quite that old - it's generally reckoned to have been first published in 1768 - but it's still respected as a great font of knowledge, even in this online age. ‘Knowledge is power' is a popular aphorism, attributed to Roger Bacon over 400 years ago.
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