Gilreath, 'New CD-ROM Access Tools', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v18n05 (August 1991)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 18 no. 5
August 1991
Gilreath, Charles L.01
"New CD-ROM Access Tools"


By the beginning of the 1991 fall semester, many users of the 
NCSU Libraries will find that library research has been made 
more efficient and effective through the introduction of 
several new CD-ROM products.  Most of these products are 
electronic versions of familiar print indexes, but the software 
running the CD-ROMs enables users to be much more precise in 
their inquiries.  Not only will users be able to search standard 
access points such as author and subject heading, but they will 
also be able to search for individual keywords and phrases and 
to combine search elements to locate the most relevant 
materials available.  The new products that will be available 
this fall include:

Design Library:                Art Index (art and architecture 
                                         articles, 1984 to date)

Textiles Library:             Textiles Technology Digest (articles 
                                         and reports, 1978 to date)

Natural Resources:          Natural Resources Metabase 
                                        (articles, reports, and other library
                                         information on environment and
                                         natural resources management, 1974
                                         to date, with selected historical 
                                         items included)

                                        Selected Water Resources Abstracts
                                       (articles and reports on water
                                        resources research and management,
                                       1967 to 1990)

Reference Department,
D. H. Hill:                          Psyclit (articles in psychology, 1974
                                          to date)

                                          Predicasts (articles on domestic and
                                          international business, 1990 to date)

                                          Inspec (articles and reports on
                                          electronics, physics, and 
                                          computing, 1989 to date)

                                          MLA Bibliography (articles and
                                          monographs on language 
                                          and literature, 1981 to date)

                                          DiscLit (full text of critical works
on
                                          authors and citations to other books
                                          of criticism)

                                         Medline Express (articles on
                                         biomedical research and health care
                                         management, 1985 to date).