The 4-volume full-color Volume Library provides a convenient, comprehensive reference for parents to keep up-to-date on subjects their kids are learning. Covers forty school subjects and includes a comprehensive state-of-the-art atlas with world, historical, and tracing maps. GeoHelp, Southwestern's interactive geography CD, is bound into Volume 3. A respected home reference book, the Volume Library's many uses can be summed up into 4 categories.
LEARNING - it offers details and clear instructions in practical skills, such as math and writing.
RESEARCH - access to understandable information that supplements textbooks.
REFERENCE - thousands of important names, dates, places, and events are easily available.
BROWSING - introduces the reader to many fields and can often lead to further study of more specialized materials.
Volume One & Two
These two books are divided into twenty-eight sections in 6 major categories: Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Language, History, and the World. Sections are Computers, Invention/Technology; Animals, Astronomy/Space, Biology, Chemistry, Earth, Environment, Physics, Plants; Business/Economics, Government/Law, People, Sociology; English Grammar, English Writing, Foreign Language, History of Art, History of Literature, History of the World, the current world makeup, and a comprehensive index. The Volume Library is a library in itself.
Volume One includes the Britannica Human Body CD ROM which includes an electronic dictionary and thesaurus, an interactive atlas, and photos & videos to make the info come alive!
Volume Two also includes Britannica's Planet Earth CD ROM.
Volume Three
A complete and updated World Atlas. Contains maps of each country, state, and province in Canada. Features homework maps, historical maps, and a section on taking standardized tests. Comes packaged with GeoHelp - an interactive geography CD for children
Volume Three includes the Berlitz Essentials CD ROM. Berlitz Essentials includes everything a student needs to learn basic Spanish, French, Italian, & German and is a great source to gain a working knowledge of these languages, both orally and in written communication!
Volume Four
Volume Four has the 6 subject areas most commonly taken as Advanced Placement (AP) tests: U.S. History, U.S. Government and Politics, Biology, Calculus, English, Literature, and English Composition.
Volume Four also includes 5 Steps to a 5 CD ROM which has 2 APpractice tests for the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Statistics, English Language, English Literature, Writing the AP Essay, and more!
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