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ACM Press Database and Electronic Products--New
Services for the Information Age

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In 1987 ACM entered a new phase in providing services to members and
to the computing community at large by arranging with the American
Mathematical Society to provide on-line access to its Computing
Reviews and Guide to Computing Literature publications. These databases will be made available soon for searching through systems from BRS, Dialog, and the European Space Agency Network. Also in 1988 the text of Communications of the ACM will be stored as part of the "Computer Library" CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) product
available through Ziff Communications Corp. Subscribers will be able
to search through issues beginning with January 1987, and ultimately
will have three years of Communications recorded on each disc, along
with a number of popular trade publications. Furthermore, the text of
the July 1988 issue of Communications has been made available on tape
and diskette-based products for use on popular workstations and
personal computers. Users will have first-hand experience in the use
of hypertext software (where the appropriate use of links between text
points and segments greatly enhances the original value) as they read
or refer to key ideas and developments in hypertext. This document
describes activities and plans for ACM's new venture into database
and electronic products.<