This guide aims to teach novice users the fundamental skills that will enable them to search information on CD ROM most effectively.

Students who have never used CD ROM for research can now gain access to the vast resources available on disc with the help of this guide. It aims to teach novice users the fundamental skills that enable them to search information on CD ROM most effectively. A step-by-step approach guides readers through an introduction to the hardware they will encounter and then to the basic searching principles and the specific searching protocols they will need as they explore the world of ondisc searching.

Online Searching
Basic Searching Strategies
Record Structures
The Microcomputer
Dialog Searching Ondisc
SILVERPLATTER
Searching
WILSONDISC Searching
UMI
Searching (University Microfilms International)
Compact Cambridge Searching
AUSTROM
Searching
Grolier Encyclopedia (Full Text Searching)
Social Science Citation Index. Appendix: Summary List of the Major CD ROMs by Subject Area.