Research Tools - Fall 1993

CD-ROM Growth Update

The CD-ROM products continue to be very popular. Statistics indicate that the most popular tides include Periodicals Abstracts on Disc. ABI-Inform, and PSYCHLIT.
 
The Library recently acquired three new CD-ROM titles:
 
  1. DISCLOSURE/WORLDSCOPE - Similar to the DISCLOSURE/U.S., this business CD has financial and business data for foreign companies.
  2. HEALTH PLAN - This CD covers aspects of non-clinical health care delivery, including administration and planning of health care facilities, health insurance and management, staff. quality assurance, HMO, and related topics.
  3. RELIGION INDEX: RIO/RIT/IBRR - This new theology database replaces the old H. W. Wilson RELIC TON INDEX. Produced by American Theological Library Association, it contains more than 400,000 citations from RELIGION INDEX ONE: PERIODICALS, RELIGION INDEX TWO: , MULTI-AUTHOR WORKS, and INDEX TO BOOK REVIEWS IN RELIGION'.
For more information a listing of other databases available on CD-ROM in the Library, please contact the Reference Department at X 4000.

Jane Wang
Pride, Passion, Promise: Experience Our Jesuit Tradition