Document (#11877)

Author

Rifkind, E.

Title

McGraw-Hill Science Navigator

Source

Information today. 12(1995) no.6, S.36-37

Year

1995

Abstract

Reviews the McGraw-Hill Science Navigator rel. 3.0, a digitised version of the full text of the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 3rd ed, with terms, definitions and biographical sketches from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. For Windows operation the product requires a 386 machine or better, 4 MB RAM, 1.5 MB hard disk space, VGA monitor, CD-ROM drive and printer. A DOS version is available. Evaluates installation, the manual and operation

Theme

Informationsmittel

Object

McGraw-Hill Science Navigator

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