CDRom Products

[George Anne Draper <GDRAPER@WPS.K12.AR.US>]

Thanks for the replies about purchasing CDRom for a high school
library.  Many of you are praising SuperTom, one dissenter. One
person prefers CDNewsbank to TOM, doesn't like the choices of
periodicals on TOM.
One person has introduced MAS Select, and I (ironically) got a call
from the EBSCO salesperson today.  It actually "sounds" better than
TOM, but it doesn't have the microfiche to support it.  It does have
68 full text periodicals and journals, 490 indexed with abstracts,
keyword searchable, even in full text.  I learned this over the phone.
So now I have another question.  Does anyone have anything to add
about either MAS Select or MAS Elite?  Will not having the microfiche
be a problem if I go to this?(The MAS Elite has 134 full text
periodicals)
  I must be completely prepared when I go to my superintendent
because he is going to fight the expense and question my judgement.
As this is my first year as a LMS, I am a little nervous about my
decisions.  Thanks for any help that you can give.

George Anne Draper
LMS
Wynne, Arkansas
gdraper@wps.k12.ar.us