full text periodical data base

[Kevin Dellit <kdellit@TRIPATH.COLOSYS.NET>]

I am looking for a relatively inexpensive full text periodical data base
on CD-ROM.  Hopefully we will be operating this system on a school-wide
(K-12) network server and have access to a CD-ROM tower.

For high school EBSCO's MAS Elite and PROQUEST have been suggested.
Middle Search has been suggested for middle school and Primary Search for
the elementary  levels.  I understand PROQUEST is about $2300.    I doubt
we can afford that much less a data base for each building.

We are a K-12 district with about 500 students - 200 in the elementary
and about 300 6-12.   Is there anyone else in a similar situation who is
using a product they like?  What is the cost?  What are the advantages
and disadvantages?

Thanks in advance for your help.



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Kevin Dellit, LMS
Hayden School District
Hayden, Colorado
kdellit@colosys.net

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