Download full textERIC Number: ED300032
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-May
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The Novice User and CD-ROM Database Services. ERIC Digest.
Schamber, Linda
This digest answers the following questions that beginning or novice users may have about CD-ROM (a compact disk with read-only memory) database services: (1) What is CD-ROM? (2) What databases are available? (3) Is CD-ROM difficult to use? (4) How much does CD-ROM cost? and (5) What is the future of CD-ROM? (15 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Futures (of Society), Microcomputers, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Reference Services, Users (Information)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, 030 Huntington Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-2340 (free while supply lasts).
Publication Type: ERIC Publications; Reports - Descriptive; ERIC Digests in Full Text
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, Syracuse, NY.
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