The Multimedia And Cd Rom Directory

This uniquely effective tool includes 19,000 CD-ROM titles and more than 13,000 multimedia companies and is equipped with powerful retrieval software to pinpoint the exact information you require. Searchable databases include: Companies, Hardware and Software Products, Conferences, Journals, Books, and Glossaries. Its unique features include high-speed search capabilities (full text or fielded) to locate the entries required, custom search criteria capabilities to search the database and track the areas that matter to you, multiple criteria selection using straightforward AND, OR, or NOT commands -- plus wildcards, printout capabilities, clipboard features, and multilingual interface enabling directory usage in five languages.

Now in its 19th edition, this compendium of commercially available multimedia and CD-ROM titles continues to evolve alongside the industry that it tracks. The text contains details of approximately 23,000 commercially available titles, for all platforms, including descriptions, hardware requirements, publisher contacts, plus subject, language and data type classifications and more. Indexes help the reader to find specific titles by subject, country of origin or even retrieval software used, whilst a glossary assists with technical jargon. This text aims to enable those in the purchase or acquisition of CD-ROMS, DVD or other multimedia CDs, to turn enquiries into satisfied customers.

The CD-ROM Directory is the ultimate guide to CD-ROM and multimedia titles. It contains articles from leading experts on electronic publishing issues and 19,000 CD-ROM titles from around the globe. Listings include publisher names and addresses, software used, subject, media mix, language, geographical and data coverage, online/print sources, content description, price, update frequency, retrieval software, system and network requirements, ISBN/ISSN numbers, and more. It also provides more than 4,000 addresses of publishers of CD-ROM and multimedia titles, most with contact names. Information on all formats is included: MPC, Mac, CD-ROM XA, CD-i, 3DO, Video CD, Photo-CD, CD games, EB titles, etc. Comprehensive indexes -Subject, Retrieval Software and Software Producer, Company by Country, and Advertisers -- help you easily find titles and their publishers. Also included is a glossary of terms used in the industry.

Contains descriptions of 516 computer-assisted instructional and reference programs on CD-ROM and CD-i. Topics include Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health, and Dentistry. Patient Education and Health Promotion titles appear in a seperate volume.