Based on the world's #1 selling print encyclopedia -- with curriculum-based content tested in hundreds of classrooms nationwide -- World Book™ Millennium 2000 presents complex information clearly and concisely through extensive multimedia. It features simulations, animations, research wizards, and a critically acclaimed homework tool kit to help students save time, improve their grades, and explore the world.

The Standard Edition includes the following features:

• Every article from The World Book Encyclopedia plus thousands more
• Engaging multimedia -- videos, maps, 360-degree panoramas, photos & sound
• "Surf the Millennium" on simulated Web sites for each century
• Free year of updates plus 60-day subscription to World Book Online for Internet users