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- From: duanem@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Duane W Moore)
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- Subject: "Oxford English Reference Library" CD -- Comments?
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:29:02 GMT
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- I reformatted a previous posting on this group and have included it below.
- I am soliciting comments on the relative value of this CD ROM. Please
- post your evaluation to this group or email me and I'll post a summary.
- Thanks.
-
- ***** Reformatted posting:
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- OXFORD ENGLISH REFERENCE LIBRARY PROMOTION
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- ABSTRACT
- For a limited time only, customers can acquire ten of the most popular
- Oxford (1) English-language reference works at a 33% introductory discount
- off the regular one-time charge (OTC).
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- The reference works are now available in IBM BookManager (R) format in a
- choice of three electronic media.
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- Orders must be placed on or before February 19, 1993.
-
- DESCRIPTION
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- The Oxford English Reference Library lets writers, editors, students, and
- business professionals use IBM BookManager software technology to find
- English-language reference information quickly and easily.
-
- The Library includes the following:
- o The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English
- o The Oxford Thesaurus
- o Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- o Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
- o Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors
- o The Complete Works of Shakespeare
- o The Oxford Guide to English Usage
- o The Oxford Dictionary of New Words
- o The Revised English Bible
- o Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
-
-
- ORDERING INFORMATION
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- Follow normal IBM PUBORDER or SLSS procedures for ordering any publication
- in this promotion, or contact your IBM representative. Include the
- appropriate form number based on the medium ordered:
-
- Form
- Number Medium Program License Agreement
- SK2T-1175 CD-ROM Disc Single User/Workstation
-
- Regular OTC Promo
- $ 149.95 $ 99.95
-
- The CD-ROM disc includes the ISSC (SM) BookManager Library Readers for DOS
- and Operating System/2 (R) (OS/2 (R)), which allow customers to read and
- search for the information.
-
- (R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
- (1) Trademark of the Oxford University Press.
-
- *****
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- Duane Moore T & M Service Engineering 78-649
- Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500 Beaverton, OR 97077
- (503) 627-6589 duanem@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
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