The latter, with 240,000 records concentrates on marine pollution and British waters. Both CDs run on PCs. That is what Microsoft is offering. Microsoft Office for Windows contains Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Mail. It costs SGD1,313 in Singapore.
Documentation is included on the disc.
The Full Text Backfiles of The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, The Lancet and British Medical Journal now have a seven year archive, 1986-1992, at a reasonable USD495 each. Similarly, Internal Medicine '92 covers all the 1992 issues of the above titles, full text, on one CD for USD595. The database is aimed at anybody who does business in the European Community and needs high quality, analysed information. There are quarterly updates with an annual subscription of USD500. It costs USD500.