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Information World Review is looking for reviewers for the following
products:
* Kompass: Kompass CD Plus
Company, product and financial information on 53,000 UK companies
* Library Technology Alliance: Books and Periodicals Online
1998 edition of two volume directory containing over 180,000 listings form
more than 85,000 sources in 200 countries.
* HW Wilson: World Authors 800BC-1997
Revised and expanded index to the 10,000 biographies in the Wilson Author
Series and the 1800 biographies in the Junior Authors and Illustrator
Series.
* HW Wilson: Wilson Business Abstracts Full Text
Indexing coverage Jan 90 - Jan 98
Abstracting coverage Jun 90 - Jan 98
Full text coverage Jan 95 - Jan 98
* HW Wilson: Education Abstracts Full Text
Indexing coverage Jun 83 - Jan 98
Abstracting coverage Aug 94 - Jan 98
Full text coverage Jan 96 - Jan 98
* Sift: Accountancy Edition
Resource for UK accountants in industry and practice. Includes an accoun
tancy search engine, real-time news, company reports, discussion forums,
The Prudent Surfer (newsletter) and a directory of UK accountancy firms.
* Newsbank: Global Newsbank
New Web version of database offering instant access to current issues and
events from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Pacific Rim,
Central and South America and the Middle East, allowing users to research
subjects such as economic, political and social development. Global
NewsBank's database contains material from hundreds of news sources from
around the world including wire services, broadcasts, transcripts,
newspapers and periodicals.
* TFPL: Multimedia and CD-ROM Directory 19th Edition
Company profiles on more than 15,000 companies worldwide and detailing over
28,000 commercially available multimedia, DVD and CD-ROM titles.
* Euromonitor: World Marketing Data and Statistics 1998 on CD-ROM
Statistical compilation of business and marketing information on a total of
10555 data types across up to 209 countries.
Coverage ranges from socioeconomic trends to consumer marketing parameters,
and is grouped into 23 broad subject areas.
* Derwent: Tailor-made Patents Profiles on CD-ROM
Engine Systems Sales Sample
Derwent Weeks 1998/01 - 1998/04
* Learned Information Europe Ltd: The Computer and Software Services
CD-ROM 1999
Detailed profiles of 12,500 software products, 3200 software companies and
3500 IT service providers (all UK only)
* Haworth Press: Electronic Resources: Use and User Behavior
Book designed to help information professionals better understand the
specific challenges their users face in meeting their information needs
Please email me asap if you're interested in reviewing any of these,
indicating any previous experience and also when you might be able to do it
by. Usual first come first served rules apply, though preference will also
be given to people who are able to write something during August.
Guidelines are available, and the products are all here and can be sent out
Monday.
With thanks in advance
jo
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Jo Lyon, Deputy Editor
Information World Review
T: +44 1865 388000
F: +44 1865 736354
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