Microsoft Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 DVD

Microsoft initiated Encarta, under the internal codename 'Gandalf', by purchasing non-exclusive rights to the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia, incorporating it into its first edition in 1993.

Īfter the successes of Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia (1989) and The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (1992), Microsoft continued to operate the Encarta online dictionary until 2011. The MSN Encarta site was closed on Octoin all countries except Japan, where it was closed on December 31, 2009.

In March 2009, Microsoft announced it was discontinuing both the Encarta disc and online versions. For example, the Dutch version had content from the Dutch Winkler Prins encyclopedia. Localized versions contained contents licensed from national sources and more or less content than the full English version. Microsoft published similar encyclopedias under the Encarta trademark in various languages, including German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. By 2008, the complete English version, Encarta Premium, consisted of more than 62,000 articles, numerous photos and illustrations, music clips, videos, interactive content, timelines, maps, atlases and homework tools. Originally sold on CD-ROM or DVD, it was also later available on the World Wide Web via an annual subscription – although later many articles could also be viewed free online with advertisements. Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation from 1993 to 2009.

Microsoft Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 DVD