Packed with the same detailed mapping as the award-winning print version, the multimedia atlas requires only a point and click to access a world of information. Special features that students and travelers will love include population data, latitude- longitude coordinates, pushpin, automatic distance calculations, time zones and an animated section. Comprehensive regional and metro area maps can be scaled, panned and zoomed for more detailed views. A navigator function and powerful search tool customize information in a multitude of ways, helping users get around the globe with incredible ease. Expanded Multimedia Edition Version 2 Developed by Learn Technologies Interactive, the upgraded multimedia version of the famous Bartlett's Familiar Quotations takes the original book's 22,000 textual quotations from 2,550 authors and enhances them by adding rich multimedia features such as graphics, audio, movie stills and video.
Customizable searches can result in surprising and fun results.
For example, users can look up all quotations by women about men or what memorable things were said in the year they were born. A timeline function allows quotations to appear in chronological order revealing prevailing influences. Users can save, print and copy quotations for future enjoyment or immediate use. Compiled by Wall Street Journal editors and reporters from around the world, the Wall Street Journal Almanac includes information on politics, business, money and investing, technology and science, international events and political changes, media and entertainment, sports, and facts about the American population, with analysis of the most important issues and trends of the year. Popular titles include the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1998 - 2 CD Deluxe Edition , The ELLE Beauty Guide , ELLE Cooking , and Picasso, the Man, his Works, the Legend .