Standard Periodical Directory on Compact Disc (SPDCD)

Rifkind, Eugene, Information Today

The Standard Periodical Directory on Compact Disc (SPDCD) is a CD-ROM version of the senenteenth edition of the Standard Periodical Directory, which is a directory of periodicals, indexed by title and subject: According to the "Preface" (2nd item on the CD-ROM's Main Menu): "This demonstration version of the SPDCD infobase utilizes Folio Views 3.0, a recognized state-of-the-art tool for electronic publishing." The publisher offers: "more than 85,000 periodicals accessible by subject category, type of publication, title of publication, geographic location, personnel, circulation, etc., or by keyword searching the full-text."

This product is available in both DOS and Windows versions. We examined the Windows version, which requires Windows 3.0 or higher, MS DOS 3.0 or higher, at least 2MB RAM, but …

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Publication information: Article title: Standard Periodical Directory on Compact Disc (SPDCD). Contributors: Rifkind, Eugene - Author. Magazine title: Information Today. Volume: 11. Issue: 9 Publication date: October 1994. Page number: 22+. © 2009 Information Today, Inc. COPYRIGHT 1994 Gale Group.

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