Software of the Month Club
December 1996 CD-ROM Program Guide

- DOS Education -

Around The U.S.A. Trivia
Land of the free
Travel around the United States with this informative trivia 
program. It covers landmarks, sports, famous people, art, nature, 
cities, towns, sciences and more.
*   105 questions 
*   Up to four players
*   Three difficulty levels 
*   Save and load games
(Application by Software Creations)

EF Pro-Vocabulary 2.0
Say what?
This program is great for anyone teaching or learning a foreign 
language. You can put together word and phrase lists, lessons 
and quizzes. It helps memorization, and improves spelling and 
pronunciation. 
*   Includes French, Czech, Indonesian, Norwegian and Latin 
    samples
*   Hear the proper pronunciations from sample files with audio 
    clips
*   Includes a demo tutorial with step-by-step instructions
*   Imports and exports tab delimited ASCII files
(Application by Eric G.V. Fookes)

Illustrated UFO Encyclopedia 1.0
Close encounters
This electronic book provides a fascinating and informative look 
into the phenomena of UFOs. Explore this controversial topic 
and decide for yourself whether they are real or not.
*   Ten chapters cover alien technology, black holes, the Roswell 
    incident and more
*   Includes pictures of the CIA spy plane, the S4 saucer and a 
    cut-out view of an alien saucer
*   Search options
*   Print to paper or to a file
(Document by Mary K. Long)

Orchis 1.2
Get organized
Orchis stands for Organizational Chart Imaging Software -- a 
powerful tool for creating charts. Use it for showing 
organizations of people, tree-like hierarchies, menu structures, 
decision trees, sentence parsing and more.
*   Uses a graphical user interface with a WYSIWYG chart 
    display
*   Includes ten chapters on using the program and creating 
    charts
*   Complete with eight sample diagrams
*   Exports to EPS, PDL and PCX
*   Change each element's properties like shadows, line weights, 
    fonts, type size and type color
(Application by Trionum, Inc.)

PC Graph 3.0
Charts and graphs
Plot graphs with any data. Save, load and enter data into X, Y1 
and Y2 variables. The perfect tool for students, statisticians, 
accountants, geographers, psychologists and mathematicians.
*   Chose from 13 different data graphs, including bar, pie, stack 
    and histogram
*   Work with 12 display modes of up to 1280x1024 with 16 
    colors
*   Change the line, fill and point styles
(Application by Servile Software)

Probert E-Text Encyclopedia Edition 4.0
From A to Z
This encyclopedia covers both general information and lesser 
known facts.
*   ASCII text format
*   More than 1.5MB of information
*   Covers words from Acetabulum to ZWEI
(Application by Servile Software; Requires a text viewer)

Truth About Translations 1.00
Myths and truths
This program gives vital information about translations and 
interpretations. It humorously probes complex language issues 
and clarifies many myths. Perfect for language translators and 
students studying different languages.
*   Comes in two formats: an animated slide-show and a printable 
    text file
*   Presents famous quotations spanning 2,500 years
*   Includes translation bloopers between man and machine
(Application by Alexander Gross, Cross-Cultural Research)

Word Challenge 1.4
Game collection
This set of educational games will improve your vocabulary, 
deduction and spelling skills. It contains 800 words. The five 
games are:
*   Vocabulary
*   Anagrams
*   Hangman
*   Track-word
*   Word Challenge
(Application by Rick Pedley, Coffee Mug Software)

-Feature Program-
Write Kanji 1.01
From the far East
Learn kanji, a Japanese language. Write characters, memorize 
definitions, learn compound characters and more.
*   Five lessons
*   Includes 75 of the most frequently used kanji characters
*   Full graphical interface with built-in character recognition
(Application by Awareness Productions; Requires a DOS mouse 
driver)