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Encyclopedias

    18-Feb-92 11:37:18
Sb: Encyclopedias
Fm: Frank O'Donnell 76004,3230
To: all
Recently we attached a CD-ROM drive to the network server in my office. The reason for getting it was to be able to access certain disks related to our work; however, I'm finding the CD-ROM is somewhat underutilized. After asking around among users, they say that if they had their choice we would keep a disk in the drive with a first-rate encyclopedia. A second choice would be an encyclopedia of general terms in science and technology geared toward a layperson user. Ideally we would also have TSR software that allows the users to pop up out of, say, a document and access the encyclopedia. Finally, we are interested only in an ASCII text-based reference (no graphics or multimedia). Would anyone here either have specific suggestions of titles we might look at, or suggestions on how I can go about finding out what's out there? Thanks much for any ideas.