BEACHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
CD COLLECTION
Arts Careers
History Reference
Science
The following CD ROM's can be checked out through the high school library.
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Title |
Description |
Equipment needed |
| Cinemania '96 | Interactive movie guide exploring contemporary to classic films. Includes reviews, video clips, biographies and articles as well as monthly content updates downloaded from Internet. |
Macintosh computer To download monthly updates: A modem Access to Internet |
| Columbia Granger's World of Poetry |
Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 9. Complete text of best-known poems. Quotations from great poems. Indexing of poems. |
IBM or compatible computer |
| Discovering Authors | Portraits of 755 authors including critical essays, time line identifying world events dating back to 1000 B.C. User discovers the major events of an author's life and career. | IBM or compatible computer |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Explore the life, work, and philosophy of America's most renowned and prolific architect. Design your own Wright-style buildings. |
Macintosh computer Headphones or speakers |
| Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 | Examine Beethoven's life and times, play any of symphony's major sections, explanation of inner working of music, and a question-and-answer game. | Macintosh computer Headphones or speakers |
| Passion for Art | Personal gallery tour of private art collection of early 20th century post impressionist paintings. Includes works of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse. Interactive documentaries, close-ups of paintings, and gallery tours. | IBM or compatible computer Sound card Headphones or speakers |
| Microsoft Musical Instruments | One of the largest music studios in the world bringing more than 200 instruments from around the world to life. | IBM or compatible computer Headphones or speakers |
Arts Careers History Reference Science
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Title |
Description |
Equipment needed |
| Occupational Outlook | Describes more than 200 different occupations with training & qualifications, salaries & working conditions, related occupations. Includes information compiled by U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Statistics. | IBM or compatible computer |
Arts Careers History Reference Science
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Title |
Description |
Equipment needed |
| American History Explorer | A.D. 1000-1875. Narrated slide shows and videos, elaborate maps, articles about people, documents, and places that shaped our nation. |
IBM or compatible computer Audio Board Headphones or speakers |
| Civil War | Documentary data with complete military strategy game. Includes video and audio clips, photographs and historical documents. | Macintosh or Power Macintosh computer |
| Microsoft Ancient Lands | Explore ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. | IBM or compatible computer Audio Board Headphones or speakers |
Arts Careers History Reference Science
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Title |
Description |
Equipment Needed |
| Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia |
Articles, audio clips and graphics providing information, education, and entertainment. |
IBM or compatible computer, Sound blaster sound card |
| Encarta '95 | Articles, audio clips, graphics and videos providing information, education, and entertainment. | IBM or compatible computer Audio board Headphones or speakers |
| Microsoft Bookshelf 1993 Edition | Concise Columbia Encyclopedia -American Heritage Dictionary- Roget's Electronic Thesaurus -World Almanac /Book of Facts -Bartlett's Familiar Quotations -Concise Columbia Book of Quotes -Hammond Atlas. | IBM or compatible computer Audio Board Headphones or speakers |
| World Book 1998 Multimedia Encyclopedia | Every article from print encyclopedia. Thousands of pictures, videos, animations and sound clips. | IBM or compatible computer |
Arts Careers History Reference Science
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Title |
Description |
Equipment needed |
| The Ultimate Einstein | Experience Einstein's life and work with a multimedia time line enhanced by video and audio clips , archival film footage, period photographs, and historical documents. Includes link to Einstein World Wide Web site. | Macintosh computer |
Arts Careers History Reference Science
Created by Donna M. Witmer on April 23, 1998
