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ERIC Number: EJ357066
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Databases on CD-ROM: Comparative Factors for Purchase.
Peters, Charles
Electronic Library, v5 n3 p154-60 Jun 1987
Describes databases available on optical disks, compares the databases with their print and online analogs, and suggests that the librarian should call such products to the attention of users needing information available in CD-ROM format. Five features desirable to most libraries are listed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Publishing, Equipment Standards, Evaluation Criteria, Indexes, Newspapers, Online Searching, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Purchasing, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
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