March 2, 1995: Vol26n19: >Electronic Highways:  Computer Select

Electronic Highways: 
Computer Select
Agonizing over purchasing a computer, multimedia equipment, or
peripherals? Doing research on the computer industry? Writing a paper
on distance learning? Following topics such as privacy on the
Internet? Interested in the latest on Bill Gates? Don't know the
difference between a SLIP connection and a PPP hook-up? Come to the
Science and Engineering Library for answers!
	SEL's Computer Select provides you with a year's worth of full
text articles on CD-ROM from leading industry journals and newsletters
such as AI Expert, Computer Graphics World, Electronic Learning,
InfoWorld, PC Week, PC User, Software Magazine, Telecommunications
Review, and T.H.E Journal. Full keyword access is available.
	You can also search by hardware and software product
specifications in addition to obtaining computer company profiles, a
glossary of computer terms as well as a user's guide. The product
specifications are significant as over 75,000 hardware, software and
data communication products are included. Need to know the release
date, list price, memory requirements, and other features of
FileCompressPro, snapWare, Biblescript, MapViewer, or other software
products? Computer Select has them.
	Computer Select also has company profiles of over 13,000
manufacturers, which give number of employees, gross annual sales, CEO
names, technical support telephone and fax numbers, and other
information.
	For more information on Computer Select contact Nancy Stimson,
Science and Engineering Library, 645-2946, <nstimson@ubvms>.
 -- Gemma DeVinney and Loss Pequeno Glazier, Lockwood Library.