Author: Gale Group

Publisher: Gale Cengage

Published: 1996-10

Total Pages: 1200

ISBN-13: 9780787609382

"The starting point for those who choose CD-ROM titles". New Edition The authoritative source on more than 11,500 of the world's consumer and professional CDs on every topic, this guide includes full descriptions of CD titles, key subjects covered, computer specifications, price, publisher, multimedia content and more. Also listed is contact information for 3,900 publishing and distribution companies. CD-ROMs in Print 1997 consists of a CD-ROM title directory, a companies directory and support indexes. Each complete entry contains title, related companies, hardware/software requirements, pricing and subscription information, description of data on the disc, subject terms, audience level, previous/alternate titles and more. Full contact address and profile information for companies mentioned in the title directory, including the year the CD-ROM program began and a list of published CD-ROM titles, is also provided. All available formats are conveniently listed. An activity index indicates each company's involvement in eleven areas of activity in the CD-ROM market, and a geographical index consists of a listing of companies by country internationally, and by state within the U.S. Separate indexes are included for multimedia, Macintosh and electronic book/alternate format titles. Identifying the target audience of each CD product is the audience level index and a subject index which classifies them under approximately 200 different terms.