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From School Library Journal

Grade 5 Up—This almost annual, general encyclopedia continues to strengthen as an authentic resource. Only subtly tweaked with selective revisions and updates since the 2005 and 2007 editions, the most significant differences can be observed between this edition and the 2004 edition—800 new or revised articles and 900-plus new or revised illustrations. The articles fall into general categories: "Arts," "Physical Science," "Living Things," "Medicine," "Technology and Business," "Geography," "History," "Social and Political Science," and "Potpourri" (a catchall for topics such as sports, hobbies, and religion). Adhering to nearly the same volume divisions and pagination as its 2007 predecessor, the set contains nuanced changes including the addition of a photo of a surgical robot in "Surgery," acknowledgment of the death of Kurt Vonnegut in 2007, and an update of "Electronic Games" that offers a photo of a Nintendo Wii demonstration. Biographical profiles tend to be historical and international in scope, so readers looking for current pop-culture icons will find few, if any. Some articles remain untouched, retaining outdated bibliographies or photographs. However, fabulous gems are found in most every volume, such as lengthy (10- to 30-page) treatments on horses, airplanes, anatomy, and nuclear energy, neatly subdivided and filled with color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. Geographical entries also shine and contain the most-often requested information for reports, including famous people associated with each U.S. state. The last volume, "Fact Index," is a mini-encyclopedia of its own, integrating the set index with nearly 30,000 short articles and fact boxes.—Vicki Reutter, Cazenovia High School, NY

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From Booklist

Geared toward students ages 10–17, Compton’s provides basic information on a variety of school-related topics and current events. (The 2007 Nobel Prize is the only event included occurring after the October 2007 print-revision deadline.) This year’s set contains approximately 50 new articles, including Cowell, Simon; English Channel; Rice, Condoleezza; The Wiggles; and individual entries on the planets. Many of these new articles are actually found in the Fact-Index volume instead of the main encyclopedia. Approximately 200 main-text articles were rewritten or updated, including Electric power, Electronic games, and Libraries and, in keeping with a move toward a more international approach, entries for several major world cities. More than 80 maps are new or revised for 2008, including new city maps for London and Los Angeles. In addition, there are almost 80 pieces of new or revised art. More than two-dozen bibliographies have been revised. The history section of the article on China has some information from the late 1990s, but there is little evidence of updating within the past 10 years elsewhere in the entry, including in the section on the economy. Population figures for China are from 1996. An updated list of modern Chinese leaders can be found in the Fact Index. Only in the Fact Index will one find entries for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama (though nothing about their presidential bids). There is no information about John McCain. New this year is a “Ready, Set, Research!” booklet of reproducible masters for grades 6 and up to help students with the research process. Worksheets are divided into five sections: planning a project, gathering information, recording and organizing facts, evaluating information, and creating a presentation. The concluding Fact-Index volume contains not only the set index but tables, brief articles, and many further-reading resources. The preface to the volume encourages students to “begin in the Fact-Index” when doing research. Students who follow this direction will discover that many of the numerous tables displayed here are useful and more current than the information included in the regular articles. However, this volume contains no color images and has a four-column-per-page layout with small type, making it not exactly student-friendly. In addition, most students will skip the Fact-Index and are much more likely to look for information in a specific volume. Though Compton’s is not a preferred choice, it is an adequate basic encyclopedia for the student market. Grades 5-12. --Shauna Yusko

Reaching Students with the Topics They Need

All ages will appreciate new and updated articles on topics including electronic games, the English Channel, Jennifer Hudson, Steve Irwin, parliament, planets, rainforest, the Wiggles, and more.

Thousands of Graphics Improve Learning

An abundance of charts and graphs provide handy visual summaries of key information, while the photos and images hold students’ interest.

A Source of Ideas for Projects

Help students brainstorm topics for projects or research. Here and There organizes each volume by subject so that students have several topics to review, such as Arts or Living Things, before focusing on a specific subject. Exploring, at the beginning of each volume, poses questions to the reader to encourage thinking and learning.

Highlights:

37,000 articles

23,000 maps, charts, tables, and images

11,000 pages

Extensive Content Updates: New and revised articles include electronic games, the English Channel, Jennifer Hudson, Steve Irwin, parliament, planets, rainforest, and other essential topics.

Extensive Coverage of School Subjects: With content keyed to National Curriculum Standards and benchmarks.

Profiles: Biographies and glossary terms related to the article.

Visually Engaging: Readers will be captivated by 23,000 maps, charts, tables, and images -- including hundreds of new photos.

Time Lines: Outlines that illustrate the broad sweep of events.

Previews: Tables of contents in longer articles that help readers quickly locate major subdivisions.

Volume 26—The Fact-Index: A mini-encyclopedia with more than 29,800 short articles, as well as a standard index