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CD-Rom Resources By Title

CD-ROMs are accessible only from the Library. Please see Library Reference staff for assistance.

Click one of the letters below to see a list of CD-ROM resources beginning with the letter.

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ALTERNATIVE PRESS INDEX - 1991 to Current. CD-ROM indexes alternative and radical publications. Searchable by keyword and subject. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk

AMERICAN POETRY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY - 1998. Covers poetry of the Nineteenth century with over 1000 poems by nearly 150 American poets. Includes audio readings, biographical profiles, and photographs. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM and Headphones at Reference Desk.

ARTE POPULAR MEXICANO - 1995. CD-ROM contains over 1500 images of Mexican art and bibliographic information on art and artists in Mexico. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

BIOETHICSLINE PLUS - 1973 to 2000. Covers ethical and public policy issues in medicine, health care and biomedical and behavioral research. Includes English-language citations, with abstracts, to journal articles, books and chapters within books, newspaper articles, court decisions and other legal materials, plus some audiovisual materials and unpublished documents. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA - 1996. Multimedia CD-ROM that provides information on all the birds found in the United States and Canada. Includes photographs, bird songs, and bird videos. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM and Headphones at Reference Desk. Version 2.0

CHICANO DATABASE - 06/2000. Contains bibliographic citations on the Mexican-American experience. Includes Chicano Periodicals Index, The Chicano Index, Arte Chicano: An Annotated Bibliography of Chicano Art, and The Chicano Anthology Index. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk. Version 5.0

COMINDEX - 2000. Contains bibliographic citations to the core journal literature of the communication discipline and related topics. Not searchable by subject. Available on Standalone computers. (No CD-ROM Required)

DATASTREAM - Provides financial data on companies. It allows user to "evaluate investment opportunities and corporate performance, compare international markets, analyze fund holdings and manage portfolios". Also provides the option of creating charts or reports on companies. Only on Ref #2 and #5. (No CD-ROM Required

DIRECTORY OF UNITED STATES IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS - 2000. Provides a searchable database for both importers and exporters. Also available in book format at REF HF3012 .D54 -- 2000. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

DUN'S BUSINESS LOCATOR - 09/1995 to current. Provides over ten million U.S. business listings and trade styles. Provides alphabetical searching, nationwide coverage, company name, address, telephone, SIC/line of business and a link to the ultimate parent company. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

ENCARTA AFRICANA - 1999. A multimedia encyclopedia on the history, geography, and culture of Africans and people of African decent. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM and Headphones at Reference D

ENCARTA 96 ENCYCLOPEDIA - 1996. Multimedia CD-ROM which provides articles, photos, sound and video clips covering general information. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM and Headphones at Reference Desk

HAPI - HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INSTRUMENTS - 1985 to current. The most comprehensive international database of behavioral measurement instruments. Records in HAPI cover and describe questionnaires, interview schedules, coding schemes, tests, and more. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

JOB BROWSER PRO - 10/1994 to 08/1996. Provides access to a wide range of occupational information including all occupations listed in the U.S. Dictionary of Occupational Titles (D.O.T.) and the entire text of the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Also includes skills and competency information for professional, technical, and management occupations. A variety of search methods is available. Available on Standalone computers. (NO CD-ROM Required)

LEADERSHIP LIBRARY - 2001. Contains directory information on over 400,000 individuals. This source is the electronic version of the Yellow Book directories, including the Congressional, Federal, State, Municipal, Federal Regional, Judicial, Corporate, Financial, News Media, Associations, Law Firms, Government Affairs, Foreign Representatives, and Nonprofit Sector directories. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

MASTERPLOTS II - 1992. Contains the searchable text of the following printed series from Salem Press: Cyclopedia of Literary Characters II; Cyclopedia of World Authors; Cyclopedia of World Authors II; Masterplots II: American Fiction Series; Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series; Masterplots II: Drama Series; Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction Series; Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series; Masterplots II: Short Story Series; Masterplots II: World Fiction Series. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

MEDIEVAL REALMS - 1996. Interactive CD-ROM that covers Britain from 1066-1500. Includes materials such as manuscripts, historical documents, maps, music and voice recordings. Can be searched by date, period, word and topic. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM and Headphones at Reference Desk.

MOTIF - 1993. This database is the electronic edition of Stith Thompson's Motif-Index which is an essential reference work in the field of folklore. Provides full-text entries. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY - 1992. A complete text of the 2nd ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with search software which allows the user to locate a specific word; browse the text; formulate complex searches using Boolean operators; limit searches by date, part of speech, or section of the entry; follow up cross reference; save search results to a file. CD-ROM version of dictionary. Dictionary set located at [Ref] PE1625 .O87. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

POLITICS IN AMERICA -2000. CD-ROM version of book, Politics in America, [Ref] JK1010 .P64. Provides biographical information on members of Congress. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

PREPARING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - 1999. Provides insights into the financial statement presentation policies of non public companies and their CPA firms. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

REFRIGERANT DATABASE - 1995. Provides information on refrigerant aspect of engineering. Available on Standalone computers. (No CD-ROM Required)

SOURCEBOOK AMERICA - 1997. Sourcebook America provides zip code and county demographics statistics. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

SPANISH DICTIONARY OF BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND FINANCE - 1998. "This CD-ROM provides some 100,000 terms and references and 4,000 abbreviations in over 40 subject areas, including: Accountancy - Banking - Business Administration - Computing - Correspondence - Finance - Import & Export - Law - Management - Mathematics - Patents - Politics - Sales & Marketing - Taxation - Tourism - and many other fields."

TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS - 1998. TEKS CD-ROM provides curriculum information on grade 5 to grade 12 from the Texas Education Agency. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

TEXAS NEWSFILE - 1992 to 2000. Provides full-text local and regional newspaper and wire service articles on Texas issues and events. Subjects covered include: arts & literature; economic issues; education; environment; health & science; international affairs; law & crime; people; politics & government; social issues; and sports. Also includes Texas statistics related to these subjects with corresponding national totals included for comparison. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

UN SIGLO DE TANGO - 1995. Includes biographies and portraits of tango composers and performers, history of tango, lyrics of over 300 songs, audio of 27 songs, 15 film clips, dance instructions, and glossary of terms associated with the tango. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM and Headphones at Reference Desk.

WORLD'S BEST POETRY - 1996. Full Text Poetry and Full Text criticism on CD-ROM. Includes author biographical data also. Available on Standalone computers. Must ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk.

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