Encarta, Britannica or Student 2006?

[firewall]

Which one is better for a University student like me doing Engineering in Communications/Electronics and would help me better with my assignments, projects, etc.....

There's also Microsoft Student 2006 out. Is that better?

Microsoft Encarta 2006 Premium

Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD/CD-ROM

Microsoft Student 2006

 

[mattsaccount]

I have Encarta 2006, and use it a lot for its dictionary capability. It's very easy to look up words in it. I haven't used Britannica.

 

[sonoma1993]

the microsoft student 2006 graphic calculator with the 2d and 3d charting display will surely come in handy.

 

[sonoma1993]

the only bad thing about microsoft student 2006, it requires you to have microsoft office xp or office 2003 for pretty much all the features to work.

 

[firewall]

I have tried Encarta. It seemed rather limited in knowledge and articles.

I have also tried the Graphics calculator in Student 2006. It will come in handy to buy the software but is that the only worthy feature of Student 2006?

What about Britannica?

 

[sonoma1993]

WHere did you try out the graphics calculator for student 2006 at? does microsoft have a trial version out for it?

 

[sonoma1993]

for the two encyclepedia. also check out which one have better online features too.

 

[firewall]

Tried the graphics calculator out at a friend's house last night when we were preparing Vector Calculus for an exam.

I want better offline features since I can't have internet available anytime I want.

 

[Schadenfroh]

i prefer the internet

 

[firewall]

Searching the internet is much easier but one can't always have internet access. That is especially true for dialup users unless they have a second telephone line.

 

[firewall]

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