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Encarta® is a one-stop educational resource for students of all ages. It includes an encyclopaedia of regularly updated articles, the critically acclaimed Homework Center, animations, and videos all seamlessly available via an intuitive, user-friendly interface.
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The cost of handling the reviews will be offset by the vast numbers of people who will contribute content based on expertise Encarta's editors don't have, according to Gary Alt, editorial director. Editors and fact-checkers have been added to the staff to handle the edits Alt expects readers to contribute when the system goes live, perhaps as soon as this week.
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Encarta recently produced a new article on this phenomenon (see link above). Written by science writer Christopher King, the piece not only discusses the controversy but ... the science behind the story. How do steroids work? What is blood doping? What about stimulants such as ephedra? And what kinds of steps are sports organizations such as professional baseball taking to combat the problem?
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Searching in Encarta is easy. One search pulls up articles, maps, multimedia content, and more. In fact, as you type in your keyword, lists of results begin to appear and adjust as you keep typing. This is very handy for times when you don't know the complete spelling of a word. Alternate spellings ... pop up for extra help.
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Encarta actively encourages fun-filled browsing. It is a riot of colors, sidebars, videos, audio clips, photos, embedded links, literature, Web resources, and quizzes. It is a product of the age of mass communication, a desktop extension of television and the Internet.
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Encarta says that one of the fundamental characteristics of the Industrial Revolution was the development of machines to replace work previously done by hand. Why hadn't machines been introduced sooner, in pre-capitalist societies? What characteristic of capitalism made this possible? No answer.
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