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Volume 332:757 March 16, 1995 Number 11

Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) Library on CD-ROM

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CD-ROM with installation diskette (3.5'') and manual. Montvale, N.J., Medical Economics Data, 1994. System needed: IBM PC or compatible, with DOS 3.1 or higher and at least 640 kilobytes of RAM. PDR library $595 (single user); PDR library plus Merck Manual $895 (single user).

In addition to the well-known 2600-page, single volume of the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR), the PDR library includes three lesser-known books: PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, PDR for Ophthalmology, and the PDR Guide to Drug Interactions, Side Effects and Indications. All four books have been integrated on a single CD-ROM, resulting in a powerful and comprehensive drug data base.

The search capabilities of the CD-ROM are evidently much better than those of the book version. Besides the information one can get from drug handbooks, PDR on CD-ROM provides the clinician with the possibility of conducting a search according to side . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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