Desolation Angels, a novel. Numeric Information - Top Numeric information is data in the form of numbers. Some of these documents are also available on the Internet. There are other business-related numeric databases , such as Compact Disclosure , that are produced by commercial publishers. Also available are databases such as Beilstein Online and the Chapman and Hall Chemical Database , which contain data on the physical characteristics of chemicals.
Graphics can be print-based or electronic.
Maps and atlases, for example, often contain cutaway drawings of continents, mountain ranges, or other physical features. Graphics become much richer, of course, on computer screens, because they can often be manipulated or changed. Audio Information - Top Audio information refers to any sound phenomena that is used for research or interpretive data. Oral histories, interviews, radio broadcasts, animal calls, music , and other such recorded data are examples of audio information that may be incorporated into research. In other words, multimedia or hypermedia seeks to create a seamless whole of various streams of data for greater sensory appeal, but even more important, to create a more powerful way of learning and understanding complex events or phenomena.