description: The database, of course, is the well-known Guinness compendium of records, an enduring source of entertainment for aficionados of miscellaneous (unashamedly trivial) information. As a well-conceived, nicely designed CD, its entertainment value is even greater, with no page-turning involved in accessing data and pictures by topic and idea, and provision for simply browsing through pictures and then accessing articles. Articles listed in response to a search are weighted on a scale of 1 to 100 according to their specific relevance to the search idea, and users can pick from that listing as often as they wish. A dictionary (Merriam-Webster Intermediate) has been incorporated (definitions of any word in the article can be called up instantaneously), giving the CD some potential as an educational tool if dictionary work is in the curriculum. A Mac version is reported due in the spring, as is a multimedia Windows version that features some 70 different sounds and sound effects. The current version occupies about 38 megabytes, leaving plenty of room for enhancements. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
language: English
title: The New Suburbanization: Challenge To The Central City
titlecomplete: The New Suburbanization: Challenge To The Central City (Conservation of Human Resources Studies in the New Economy)
publisher: Westview Press