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- Baltimore - National Information Services Corporation (NISC), a CD-ROM/CD-I
- full-text and database publisher, announced today an agreement with
- Pierian Press of Ann Arbor, Michigan to publish Consumers Index on CD-ROM.
- Under a separate agreement with Oryx Press, the Consumers Reference Disc
- will also feature the Consumer Health & Nutrition Index from Oryx Press.
- An of the volumes (since 1985) of both of these critically acclaimed
- publications will be together on one disc at one subscription rate. Each
- query searches throughout both publications for all relevant answers on
- any consumer topic.
-
- SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION:
-
- Title: Consumers Reference Disc
-
- Coverage: January, 1985 - Present
- (approx. 150,000 abstracts & bibliographic citations)
- Price: $695.00 USD, annual subscription, Semi-annual Updates
-
- LAN Info: 2-10 stations: base price + 50%
- 11-20 stations: base + 100%
- 21-35 stations: base + 150%
-
- Features: Standard NISC DISC User Interface and context sensitive help,
- Novice and Expert Search Modes for bibliographic retrieval, powerful
- search software with full proximity and field specific retrieval
- capabilities. Unparalleled search speed, field specific index browsing,
- and record display. This product is intended for the new or experienced
- CD-ROM user who needs basic or sophisticated search access, powerful
- queries, and extensive database analysis.
-
- System: IBM PC/XT/AT, PS/2 or compatible; 512k RAM available, any CD-ROM
- drive with MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions, Monochrome or Color Monitor
-
- These two leading indexes to consumer interests are sure to make this disc
- one of the most used and valuable CD-ROMs in your collection. Each year,
- the Consumers Index from Pierian Press abstracts and indexes over 25,000
- product evaluations, recalls, alerts, and warnings as well as 8,000
- leading articles on travel & transportation, finances, jobs, computers,
- food, health, and hundreds of other subjects from potato chips to
- microchips.
-
- The Consumer Health & Nutrition Index from Oryx Press is a wealth of
- references to health issues. Each year, over 6,000 articles on important
- and popular topics are indexed under 4,000 medical and other subject
- headings from more than 80 core consumer magazines, medical center
- publications, and newsletters, such as: Harvard Medical School Letter,
- Nutrition Today, American Baby, Men's Health, Ladies Home Journal, and
- Paraplegia News. (The indexed entries of Consumer Health & Nutrition Index
- are supplemented by more than 1000 abstracts on health and nutrition
- annually included in Consumers Index.)
-
- "Together with the full-text of Consumer Reports (1982-present), which NISC
- also publishes on CD-ROM, our customers can make a thorough search of all
- essential, consumer based information," said Fred Durr, Publisher, NISC.
-
- National Information Services Corp (NISC)
- Suite 6, Wyman Towers, 3100 St. Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
- (410) 243-0797 Fax: (410) 243 0982
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