It does not contain any images, and the four volumes of London and the recent Glamorgan addition are not as yet covered. The cost of the Index is 295 per year for one disk that may be networked over a single site. It runs under MS-DOS only. Any IBM PC compatible. This is an index to the British Architectural Library on a single CD-ROM covering every aspect of architecture and allied arts, both current and historical, together with construction technology, interior design, environmental design, landscape and planni ng.
Performance is a little slow compared to similar types of databases.
It has more than 150,000 entries extending from 1978 to the present. An additional 10,000 entries are added each year. Over 400 periodicals from forty-five countries are indexed, as are entries for books, exhibition catalog ues, technical reports, slides, tapes and videos. Issued quarterly, the CD costs 560 per annum for one disk that may be networked over a single site.