Encarta (English Wikipedia)

Tom Corddry Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine: "Encarta was not given away but sold at retail for about $100, and sold wholesale to PC manufacturers who bundled it with new machines."

btimes.co.za

Gates, Bill (April 6, 1997). "The facts depend on where you are coming from". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2020.

doi.org

Greenstein, Shane (June 2016). "The reference wars: Encyclopaedia Britannica's decline and Encarta's emergence: Encyclopaedia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence". Strategic Management Journal. 38 (5): 995–1017. doi:10.1002/smj.2552. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.

howtoknow.com

McHenry, Robert. "The Microsoft Way". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27., essay by Robert McHenry

informationweek.com

McDougall, Paul (March 31, 2009). "Microsoft Encarta Is Web 2.0's Latest Victim". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.

islandnet.com

"Chronology of personal computers". Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-08-24.

kotaku.com.au

Williams, Leah J. (July 1, 2020). "Encarta MindMaze: The Kotaku Australia Review". Kotaku Australia. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.

microsoft.com

"Encarta 2009 Information". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
"Bem-vindo à Microsoft Brasil". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
"Microsoft Encarta Product Details". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2004-12-12. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
"Award-Winning Encarta Africana Included in Suite for the First Time". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

news.microsoft.com

"Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003 Takes the Work Out of Homework". 27 June 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2018. The Encarta Reference Library 2003 five-disc CD-ROM and single-disk DVD have an estimated retail price** of $74.95 (U.S.) before a $10 (U.S.) mail-in rebate.

msdn.com

blogs.msdn.com

"Chris Smith blog post at MSDN.com". Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2009-08-24.

msn.com

encarta.msn.com

For the free service, one should use the URL "MSN Search". Archived from the original on 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2006-01-07. (MSN Search Encarta) rather than http://encarta.msn.com Archived 2009-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (MSN Encarta : Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas, and Homework). Archived 2009-10-31.
Important Notice: MSN Encarta to be Discontinued (MSN Encarta). Archived 2009-10-31.
"Dictionary - MSN Encarta". 2011-08-17. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2018-09-01.

search.msn.com

For the free service, one should use the URL "MSN Search". Archived from the original on 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2006-01-07. (MSN Search Encarta) rather than http://encarta.msn.com Archived 2009-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (MSN Encarta : Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas, and Homework). Archived 2009-10-31.

nbcnews.com

"Encarta Encyclopedia Test Edit System" Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 15 April 2005, Associated Press

northwestern.edu

kellogg.northwestern.edu

"The Crisis at Encyclopædia Britannica" (PDF). Kellogg School of Management. Northwestern University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

nytimes.com

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bits.blogs.nytimes.com

Cohen, Noam (March 30, 2009). "Patrick, Graphic design intern on Version 1.0 of Encarta". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Noam Cohen. "Microsoft Encarta Dies After Long Battle With Wikipedia" Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine New York Times

pcworld.com

Gralla, Preston (March 31, 2009). "What Was Encarta? Look It Up on Wikipedia". PC World. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2009-11-12.

rockpapershotgun.com

Caldwell, Brendan (April 4, 2017). "Have You Played...Encarta's MindMaze?". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.

seattlehistory.org

"Interview with Jon Kertzer, director of Smithsonian Global Sound, for the Smithsonian Center for Folk Life and Cultural Heritage" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.

thefreelibrary.com

"Packard Bell ups the value of its computers with huge new software bundle". Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. For pure reference, Packard Bell is providing 'Microsoft(R) Encarta(TM) '95,'

theguardian.com

Alderman, Naomi (7 April 2009). "Encarta's failure is no tragedy: Wikipedia has succeeded where Microsoft's Encarta failed, and seems to be a reversal of the 'tragedy of the commons'". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2010.

thejournal.com

"Encarta 97 Adds Content, Extra CD". Archived from the original on 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-05-02. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia now comes in two versions: the award-winning Encarta 97 Encyclopedia on a single compact disc, and the new two-CD Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, Deluxe Edition.

unwinnable.com

Coyle, Deirdre (November 21, 2018). "The Encarta MindMaze Witch". Unwinnable Monthly. No. 109. ISSN 2572-5572. OCLC 981250105. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.

web.archive.org

For the free service, one should use the URL "MSN Search". Archived from the original on 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2006-01-07. (MSN Search Encarta) rather than http://encarta.msn.com Archived 2009-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (MSN Encarta : Online Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Atlas, and Homework). Archived 2009-10-31.
"Encarta 2009 Information". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
Loveland, Jeff (2019). The European Encyclopedia: From 1650 to the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 460. ISBN 9781108481090. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
Important Notice: MSN Encarta to be Discontinued (MSN Encarta). Archived 2009-10-31.
Protalinski, Emil (March 30, 2009). "Microsoft to kill Encarta later this year:Microsoft has announced that it is discontinuing its Encarta line of products. The software products will be gone by June 2009 and the website will go down October 31, 2009". Microsoft:News. Ars Technica. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
"Dictionary - MSN Encarta". 2011-08-17. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
Greenstein, Shane (June 2016). "The reference wars: Encyclopaedia Britannica's decline and Encarta's emergence: Encyclopaedia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence". Strategic Management Journal. 38 (5): 995–1017. doi:10.1002/smj.2552. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
Stross, Randall (2 May 2009). "Encyclopedic Knowledge, Then vs. Now". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
"Interview with Jon Kertzer, director of Smithsonian Global Sound, for the Smithsonian Center for Folk Life and Cultural Heritage" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
"Chronology of personal computers". Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
"Chris Smith blog post at MSDN.com". Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Cohen, Noam (March 30, 2009). "Patrick, Graphic design intern on Version 1.0 of Encarta". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
"Coming Attractions: Encyclopedias" Archived 2023-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, 22 Dec 1992, PC Mag
"Encyclopedic Knowledge, Then vs. Now" Archived 2017-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Randall Stross, May 2, 2009, New York Times
Tom Corddry Archived 2014-08-29 at the Wayback Machine: "Encarta was not given away but sold at retail for about $100, and sold wholesale to PC manufacturers who bundled it with new machines."
"The Crisis at Encyclopædia Britannica" (PDF). Kellogg School of Management. Northwestern University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
"Bem-vindo à Microsoft Brasil". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
"Websters International Publishers – Where it all began". Webstersmultimedia.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
Gralla, Preston (March 31, 2009). "What Was Encarta? Look It Up on Wikipedia". PC World. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
McDougall, Paul (March 31, 2009). "Microsoft Encarta Is Web 2.0's Latest Victim". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
Alderman, Naomi (7 April 2009). "Encarta's failure is no tragedy: Wikipedia has succeeded where Microsoft's Encarta failed, and seems to be a reversal of the 'tragedy of the commons'". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
Noam Cohen. "Microsoft Encarta Dies After Long Battle With Wikipedia" Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine New York Times
"Microsoft Encarta Product Details". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2004-12-12. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
"Encarta 97 Adds Content, Extra CD". Archived from the original on 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-05-02. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia now comes in two versions: the award-winning Encarta 97 Encyclopedia on a single compact disc, and the new two-CD Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, Deluxe Edition.
"Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003 Takes the Work Out of Homework". 27 June 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2018. The Encarta Reference Library 2003 five-disc CD-ROM and single-disk DVD have an estimated retail price** of $74.95 (U.S.) before a $10 (U.S.) mail-in rebate.
"Packard Bell ups the value of its computers with huge new software bundle". Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. For pure reference, Packard Bell is providing 'Microsoft(R) Encarta(TM) '95,'
"Award-Winning Encarta Africana Included in Suite for the First Time". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
Byron, Hinson. "Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2002 DVD- Review". ActiveWin. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
Caldwell, Brendan (April 4, 2017). "Have You Played...Encarta's MindMaze?". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
Coyle, Deirdre (November 21, 2018). "The Encarta MindMaze Witch". Unwinnable Monthly. No. 109. ISSN 2572-5572. OCLC 981250105. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
Williams, Leah J. (July 1, 2020). "Encarta MindMaze: The Kotaku Australia Review". Kotaku Australia. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
McHenry, Robert. "The Microsoft Way". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27., essay by Robert McHenry
Gates, Bill (April 6, 1997). "The facts depend on where you are coming from". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
"Encarta Encyclopedia Test Edit System" Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 15 April 2005, Associated Press

websters.co.uk

"Websters International Publishers – Where it all began". Webstersmultimedia.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

wiley.com

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Greenstein, Shane (June 2016). "The reference wars: Encyclopaedia Britannica's decline and Encarta's emergence: Encyclopaedia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence". Strategic Management Journal. 38 (5): 995–1017. doi:10.1002/smj.2552. Archived from the original on 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.

worldcat.org

Coyle, Deirdre (November 21, 2018). "The Encarta MindMaze Witch". Unwinnable Monthly. No. 109. ISSN 2572-5572. OCLC 981250105. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.