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ERIC Number: EJ420307
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-5759
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Choosing a CD-ROM Encyclopedia: How to Critically Evaluate the Product.
Dickinson, Gail
Library Software Review, v9 n5 p277-82 Sep-Oct 1990
Offers criteria for the critical evaluation of CD-ROM encyclopedias. Differences between CD-ROM and print encyclopedias are discussed; search strategies are explained; evaluation criteria are suggested, including help messages, screen format, indexing method, and graphics and print options; future considerations are suggested, including networking; and price is discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Encyclopedias, Evaluation Criteria, Futures (of Society), Graphic Arts, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Library Material Selection, Optical Data Disks, Search Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - General; Book/Product Reviews
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Language: English
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