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CD-ROM DATABASES
AVAILABLE AT
THE AMERICAN CENTER LIBRARY
1. ACADEMIC ABSTRACTS
(abstracts from more than 700 periodicals for large public
and academic libraries. Updated monthly.)
2. BIBLIOFILE
(bibliographic database for libraries, contains over 3
million LC MARC records, i.e., all Library of Congress
English language cataloging records since 1968 plus popular
titles since 1900; includes films, maps, serials, music,
government documents. Updated quarterly.)
3. BOOKS IN PRINT PLUS WITH REVIEWS
(includes Books in Print by Title and Author, Subject Guide,
Forthcoming Books, Paperbound BIP, and similar, plus
full-text critical book reviews from 10 standard library
review sources. Updated monthly.)
4. COLLEGE BLUE BOOK
(comprise 5 volume guides to schools and colleges.)
5. COLLEGE EXPLORER PLUS
(search 2,800 undergraduate colleges and universities and
1,200 graduate and professional schools.)
6. DELORME STREET ATLAS USA
(street level database for the entire U.S. Includes all
roads, street names, street addresses for metropolitan
areas; city, town, and village place names; state, county,
and municipal boundaries; lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams,
and more. Accompanying software provides map display,
zooming and centering anywhere, indexed by street
addresses, place names, zip code, and telephone exchange.)
7. ERIC / EBSCO
(bibliographic database sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of
Education. Consists of the Resources in Education -RIE- file
and the Current Index to Journals in Education -CIJE- file
as prepared by the Information Systems Unit of ORI.
Updated quarterly.)
8. GALE ASSOCIATIONS
(equivalent of 15 printed volumes such as: International and
National Organizations, Gale's Encyclopedia of Associations
including trade and professional, public affairs and social
welfare, religious, regional, state and local
organizations. Updated annually.)
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9. GLOBAL EXPLORER
(an interactive atlas of the world including street maps for
100 major cities; has 15 levels of magnification; brief
descriptions of 20,000 map symbols for historical, cultural,
and geographical landmarks; statistical information on
nations.)
10. GROLIER MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
(full text of 21 volumes of the Academic American
Encyclopedia including pictures, maps, and audio elements;
the best of the current encyclopedia products on CD-ROM.)
11. MCGRAW-HILL SCIENCE & TECHNICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
(provides essential information on over 75 major scientific
and engineering disciplines, featuring over 7,000 signed
articles by 3,000 authorities; 175,000 definitions in
various fields.)
12. MICROSOFT BOOKSHELF
(full text of: American Heritage Dictionary, World Almanac,
Book of Facts, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Chicago
Manual of Style, Roget's Thesaurus, U.S. ZIP Code Directory,
Business Information Sources. Updated annually.)
13. NATIONAL ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA BANK
(the NESE-DB disc is a comprehensive electronic source of
information focusing on the United States economy, society
and environment. Updated quarterly.)
14. NATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK
(collection of international economic and trade and export
promotion information produced by the federal government.
Best data of 15 Federal agencies. Updated monthly.)
15. NEWSPAPERS ABSTRACTS
(abstracts from about 350 general interest magazines
-including New York Times- from 1988 to present.
Updated monthly.)
16. PDQ
(Agency product; more than 40 USIA policy and program
products -full text- including Wireless File, Books &
Documents, Article Alerts, Special Features, video
offerings; from 1985 to present. Updated quarterly.)
17. PHONEDISC USA
(90 million entries with names, addresses and telephone
numbers; also, 250,000 business and other organizations.
Updated annually.)
18. POLITICS IN AMERICA 1996
(guide on Congress, its members and American political
process; biographies with pictures and maps.)
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19. SOCIAL SCIENCE SOURCE
(full text for 40 of the most popular journals plus
abstracts for over 400 journals in academic and
large public libraries from the areas of political
science, international relations, economics, public policy,
sociology and psychology. Updated monthly.)
20. SOURCEBOOK OF AMERICAN HISTORY
(major source documents including: Declaration of
Independence, Constitution, Federalist Papers, Inaugural
Addresses of the Presidents, Treaties, Eyewitness Accounts,
full text of several multi-volume Histories with maps and
photographs.)
21. TIME MAGAZINE ALMANAC
(almost 10,000 articles from TIME magazine; full text of
TIME from 1989 to 1994; selected major stories from 1923;
400 tables from U.S. Statistical Abstract; Congressional
Directory with phone and fax numbers; a basic almanac of
facts and figures. Updated annually.)
22. ULRICH'S PERIODICALS
(complete international serials database: 200,000 entries
of 67,000 publishers and corporate authors from 200
countries; information on almost 130,000 periodicals in over
700 subject areas and 60,000 serials, annuals,
continuations, conference proceedings and other irregular
publications. Updated annually.)
23. U.S. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON CD-ROM
(selection of official information released electronically
by the State Department from 1990-1995. Contents include
Dispatch magazine, transcripts of daily press briefings,
country background notes, economic trade policy, narcotics
and terrorism reports along with various testimony,
statements and speeches, U.S. treaty actions, key officer
guide and overviews of emerging democracies.)
24. U.S. PRESIDENTS
(contains biographies, statistics, and VGA images of the 42
presidents of the U.S.)
25. USA FACTBOOK
(an almanac of the United States of America and its
territories; facts, figures and historical data on such
subjects as geography, peoples, government, economics,
communications, traditions; drawings of state seals and
maps. Updated annually.)
26. WASHINGTON POST ONDISC
(contains full editorial content of the nation's premier
paper; full-text articles from 1992 on monthly updates.)
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Working hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 11:00 - 18:00
- Provides reference services on United States with emphasis on
American politics, economics, media, and culture.
- CD-ROM databases: 26 available databases - list available per
request.
- Periodicals: 200 American periodicals in various fields and
two daily newspapers. Printed catalog available per request.
- Book collection: 2,000 reference non-circulating titles. The
latest issue of "New books" printed catalog available per
request.
- Provides student advising services and appropriate materials.
All services (including photocopying of professional articles)
are free of charge. No book circulation.
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