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Previous Volume 333:1576-1577 December 7, 1995 Number 23

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13th edition. CD-ROM with manual, 58 pp. Edited by Kurt J. Isselbacher, Joseph B. Martin, Eugene Braunwald, Anthony S. Fauci, Jean D. Wilson, and Dennis L. Kasper. System needed: IBM PC or compatible computer with a CD-ROM drive, and at least 2 megabytes available hard-disk space, 4 megabytes RAM, and Windows version 3.0 or higher. (Also available for Macintosh systems.) New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995. $195. ISBN 0-07-026896-7.
13th edition. CD-ROM with manual, 58 pp. Edited by Kurt J. Isselbacher, Joseph B. Martin, Eugene Braunwald, Anthony S. Fauci, Jean D. Wilson, and Dennis L. Kasper. System needed: IBM PC or compatible computer with a CD-ROM drive, and at least 2 megabytes available hard-disk space, 4 megabytes RAM, and Windows version 3.0 or higher. (Also available for Macintosh systems.) New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995. $395. ISBN 0-07-864134-9.

Major medical textbooks have recently started to appear in full text on CD-ROM. This new form of technology offers superior searching capability, with split-second retrieval time, compact storage (i.e., an entire shelf of medical books can be put on a single disk), frequent updates, and the ability to print out and rearrange the text. For some internists these CD-ROMs may be their first encounter with this medium.

The Harrison's CD-ROM contains the textbook itself, whereas the Harrison's Plus CD-ROM contains two distinct parts: the textbook and the U.S. Pharmacopeia's Drug Information, a drug-information data base. We shall describe each of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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