Just over 100K are taken for the minimum installation, and some 8MB for the program installation. The program offers an attractive user interface. Like its printed counterpart, the work is arranged in chronological order by author's name. Quotations are arranged on the left side of the screen, with the source on the right. All footnotes from the printed work are present.
Some notes contain hyperlinks to other quotations or multimedia items.
The Bartlett's search option allows one to search by author's name using a scrolling list or perform a keyword search for words, phrases, or date. Boolean operators may be included. The Select Quotations option features the most powerful search tools. Here, one may search by topic, author, date, keyword, source, and media, selecting elements from any or all categories with a Boolean AND implied between categories and a Boolean OR implied within. Thus, one may search for Shakespeare , and specify the keywords love or lovers .