Show CD at or By Jennifer er Curtis r. r c Contributing ting Writer The CD is the newest library member at Updated monthly CD is an electronic electronic electronic elec elec- text full-text news resource that contains information that is easy to understand CD has up-to-date up information from news articles speech transcripts and wire stories aswell as aswell well wen as a broad range of information by tropic and current event issues The brings an added dimension to news research as researchers can cap examine headline issues from both national and international international international inter inter- national perspectives Information is gathered from around the world 0 and there are approximately approximate y text full-text articles added annually to this database With thousands of or articles to c t choose from information specialists can select which articles to include Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 based on their research value in- in n. n depth news coverage and detail A f. Many articles include useful background background background back back- ground information news analysis statistics and regional perspectives Viewing news from regional standpoints is advantageous for researchers information specialists and students in that it builds critical thinking skills and provides perspectives perspectives perspectives per per- from many different points and views which the user can compare to receive a more well well- rounded view CD has both a beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning and an advanced search level feature with menu-driven menu prompts that allow key word searches and Boolean logic Key word searches probe the database to find information and news stories that might otherwise have not been found Researchers are able to specify exact information information information tion fields through field research research- ing mg Users are also given the option of printing or down loading information information information mation onto a floppy disk Other features of CD include date ranging which enables users to retrieve articles within a specified time period truncation which locates key words of phrases in the articles and proximity searching which allows the more advanced researcher to pinpoint articles containing very specific concepts in proximity A step-by-step step guide on using CD is available at the Markosian Library or can be accessed through the Internet at the following address http library m |