Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary (Hardcover)

The English language is growing, accelerated by the Internet, e-commerce, and global business. Each day, around the world, students, teachers, business people, and consumers are confronted with new words and terms. The need for an up-to-date guide to this dynamic language has never been greater.

The first entirely new college dictionary to be published in three decades, the Microsoft Encarta(r) College Dictionary is compiled from a revolutionary computer database of English as it is spoken around the world. It is also the only college dictionary to go straight to the college professors who are helping the current generation of students to use English to discover what today's students really need. This College Advisory Board of university teachers of English has supplied first-hand information on the areas of language that cause their students most difficulties. The Dictionary addresses the specific issues they raise with a range of innovative features including:

• Quick Encyclopedic Facts: short digests of key concepts in the arts and sciences
• Literary Links: notes on major works of literature
• Internet Guide: how to use the Web effectively as a tool for research
• Spellchecks: warnings about spelling mistakes ignored by spellcheckers
• Usage Notes covering the most common student problems with spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style
• commonly misspelled words - clearly flagged as errors - entered at the place where they will be looked up by the user
• comprehensive coverage of high-technology, scientific, and business terms
• over 700 tables, illustrations, maps, and photos
• Clear, accessible definition style and a unique Quick Definition system, with brief definitions in bold, enables the reader to quickly pick out the appropriate meaning.