2007 Classic Encyclopedia Package

The 2007 Classic Encyclopedia Package includes three very popular reference titles: The 2007 World Book Encyclopedia, the World Book Dictionary, and the World Book Atlas.  

 
Features:

The 2007 World Book Encyclopedia

• More than 27,500 rich-photographs and illustrations are combined with comprehensive, highly readable text to appeal to a broad range of readers.

• More than 3,800 contributors—all experts in their field—collaborate with our editors and researchers to ensure that articles are accurate and reflect current scholarship.

• The articles are written in a clear, direct style, starting with relatively basic information, advancing in depth as they progress.

• World Book revision rates make it the most current and up-to-date encyclopedia available. In the most recent five editions (2003 through 2007), about 440 new articles were added to World Book and about 940 articles of 3,000 articles were partially revised. Revisions were made on an average of 4,780 pages in each edition—over 33 percent of the total pages in World Book.

• Highlighting the 2007 edition are revised and expanded articles on Animation, Photography, and Time, as well as new articles on Generation X, Intelligent design, Mullah, Rotator cuff, Sport utility vehicle, and Surrogate birth, among many others.

The World Book Dictionary and World Book Atlas

• The World Book Dictionary was developed by experts to be clear, informative, and easy to understand. It features more than 225,000 entries, 3,000 illustrations, notes on how to use prefixes, suffixes, capitalization and punctuation, pronunciation guides, and more.

• The World Book Atlas is enhanced with detailed, colorful 3-D perspective views, terrestrial and aerial photos, and satellite imagery. This comprehensive volume offers students a stunning collection of continent, region, country, state, province, and ocean maps in an easy-to-reference format.