Re: ? CD Newsbank vs. Front Page News

[Cherry Fuller <clf@TENET.EDU>]

Have you looked at Ebsco's Middle Search?  I used CD Newsbank for several
years and finally dropped it because of the cost and the lack of use from
middle school students. When they tried to search for something it would
turn up everything with that word in it and it was an uphill struggle to
teach them to discard the things that were not relevant.

Cherry Fuller, Library Technology Specialist    3001 North Freeway
Education Service Center Region XI              Ft. Worth, Texas 76106
clf@tenet.edu                                   817-740-3617

On 16 Sep 1996, Dick Ramey wrote:

> I need help. When I purchased for Shelbyville MS, I bought a
> version of Newsbank that was called NEWSBAND NEWS SOURCE. It was a
> combination unit that did not require a microfish reader and printer.
>
>      Now that I am purchasing for Mooresville HS, they tell me that I
> can not purchase that item and I must purchase the
> 1. CD ROM unit
> 2. the microfish
> 3. and I MUST keep am microfish reader and printer functioning.
>
>      The microfish reader is costly to keep functioning. The package
> that they are selling me costs $ 4500 compared with the news source
> package of $ 1800. AGAIN,,,,more costly !!!!!
>      Can anyone confirm what the 1. salesman, and 2. the sales manager
> are telling me,,,,,that they no longer sell Newsbank News Source and I
> MUST buy the more expensive package.
>     All I am looking for is a CD ROM until that will access magazines
> and print an article on a shared printer. I am not looking for something
> that is held hostage to microfish.
> tbank you for your help,
> Dick Ramey
>
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