Microsoft's MSN Encarta® Premium Encyclopdeia

We are pleased to offer our students access to Microsoft's MSN Encarta® Premium Encyclopdeia. Encarta is an online Encyclopedia.

From the Microsoft website . . .
Microsoft Encarta Premium 2008 features editorially approved content. In contrast to many web encyclopedias, the authors of the 60,000+ detailed articles in Encarta Premium 2008 are experts in their field. Your kids get relevant age-appropriate information from sources you can trust. Kids can use Web Links to over 25,000 Web sites, pre-selected by Encarta editors for relevant and age-appropriate research material. To ensure that the information stays current, every time you go online Encarta Premium 2008 content is updated with automatic downloads that add new information directly into existing articles.

Please note that the school only owns 68 licenses to this product so if you attempt a search and cannot gain access to Encarta, please try again a little later. If you are using the product, please close this page when you complete your search so others may enjoy the benefit of this product. Thank you.

In order to print or backup in Encarta use the built-in functions (such as a print button) or use the right-click context menu. The main controls for your borwoser will change the entire page, not just the Encarta information.