Designed as a reference tool of many uses to librarians in all types of libraries, this second edition offers information on more than 250 recommended software packages. They comprise library skills, CD-ROMS disks, accounting, online catalogue programs, and other specialized categories that go beyond the automation of routine record keeping.

You want to offer your patrons high-quality information on CD-Roms, but how do you choose from well over 10,000 product on the market when budgets allow for only a few? Librarian and acclaimed software expert Patrick Dewey personally tested several hundred CD-ROMs to develop his evaluative description of more than 300 packages and series serving a range of library needs. He also references dozens more CD-ROM products.