Re: LM_NET Digest - 16 Nov 19...

[DDWCHS@AOL.COM]

> Question:  how does this format compare for coverage, cost, > convenience,
> etc. with NEWSBANK (with fiche) and INFOTRACK (with fiche)?

> I have a colleague who needs some quick reviews of a CD-ROM called
> Broadcast News.  If anyone has comments, positive or negative, can you
> please address those comments to me.

We have used Broadcast News for over a year, and absolutely love it.
Our students and faculty also like it a great deal.  We have about a dozen
CD-ROM's networked in our media center, and find Broadcast News (television
news transcripts) a perfect compliment to NewsBank (newspapers) and MAS
(magazines).  Also, I spoke with Research Publications recently, and they
told me that in addition to CNN, ABC, NPR and PBS, a deal was pending to
include NBC news programs transcripts.  I think the program is relatively
easy to use, and allows you to tailor searches in a variety of ways.  It also
has some decent graphics.  One drawback, it takes more hardware speed and
memory than most databases.  I would give it an A-/B+ (cost might be a
factor).

Hope that helps.  For any more info, please e-mail me.

Doug Gilliland
Media Specialist
Warsaw Community High School
Warsaw, IN