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Fact finding in World Book 1998 Multimedia Encyclopedia is harder work than
it ought be. Type 鈥淒NA鈥 into the topic-search box and you get a dictionary
definition, plus an article about genetic profiling. If it鈥檚 the double helix
you鈥檙e after, you鈥檒l have to enter 鈥渃hromosome鈥 or 鈥渘ucleic acid鈥. Some nice
video clips, but the articles are pretty laboured. Disappointing by current
standards for CD-ROM encyclopedias. Published by IBM World Books,
拢39.99/$79.95, ISBN 0716684357.

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