LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES - VOLUME I 
-- MULTIDISCIPLINARY -- 
(BENSON COLLECTION, HAPL & HLAS ON CD ROM)

Baltimore - National Information Services Corporation (NISC) is pleased to
publish three of the world's most authoritative databases on Latin America
on a single CDROM disc. Multidisciplinary in scope, Latin American Studies
- Volume I provides over 550,000 bibliographic citations from: the Nettie
Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin;
the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) at the University of
California, Los Angeles; and Vol. 50 onward of the Handbook of Latin
American Studies (HLAS), edited at the U.S. Library of Congress. Together,
these three leading databases on disc make a ground-breaking and
indispensable tool for fast reference and scholarship covering the entire
Latin American region: Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America,
as well as Hispanics in the United States.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES VOLUME I SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDE:

* Art & Archaeology
* Economics
* Ecology & Agriculture
* Education
* Indigenous Affairs
* Business & Marketing
* Politics & Government
* Public Administration
* Anthropology & Ethnography 
* Literature & Language
* Music, Culture, & Folklore 
* International Relations
* Philosophy & Religion
* Geography & Demography
* History & Ethnohistory
* Refugees & Human Rights
* Sociology
* Women's Rights

Latin American Studies - Volume I provides the most comprehensive coverage
of Latin America ever compiled, presented in a fast and convenient form.
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection of the University of Texas
at Austin is a repository for all types of media by or about Latin
Americans, with special emphasis on early and modern Mexico and Argentina
UCLA's Hispanic American Periodicals Index, the largest index of journal
information from and about Latin America, began in 1970 and continues to
add about 8,500 items per year. Prepared by over 130 scholars, the
Handbook of Latin American Studies is a selective annotated guide to
recent publications in art, music, the humanities, and social sciences.
HLAS continues the scholarly tradition of its founding editor Lewis
Hanke.

Use this NISC DISC to search all types of materials: books, serials,
journals, monographs, theses, dissertations, grey literature, primary and
secondary literature, government sources, technical reports, conference
papers, pamphlets and bulletins, studies, reports, and manuscripts. Now
the invaluable information of these databases, combined with the most
powerful CD-ROM search and retrieval software available, can be accessed
with your Personal Computer for a fraction of the cost and time required
by any other means.

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION:

Title: Latin American Studies - Volume I 

Coverage: 1970 - Present 

Price: $1195.00 USD - annual subscription 
       (with semi-annual updates)
       LANs - 2-10 stations: base price+50%; 
              11-20 stations: base+100%; 21-35: base+150%

Features: Standard NISC DISC User Interface and context sensitive help,
Nonce and Expert Search Modes for bibliographic retrieval, powerful search
software with full proximity and field-specific retrieval capabilities.
Unparalleled search speed, field-specific index browsing, and record
display. This product is intended for the new or experienced CDROM user
who needs basic or sophisticated search access, the ability to compose
powerful queries, and to perform extensive database analysis.

Available: Spring, 1992 

System: IBM PC/XT/AT, PS/2 or compatible; 512k RAM available, any CD-ROM
drive with MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions, Monochrome or Color Monitor

To Purchase: NISC USA: 410/243-0797, Fax: 410/243-0982; 
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License Info: Latin American Studies - Volume I is available on an annual
subscription basis only, and each disc must be returned either on receipt
of an update or upon cancellation of a subscription. NISC DISCs are for
use through a license agreement; they are not for sale.

NOTE: NISC also publishes Latin American Studies - Volume II on CD-ROM.
This NISC DISC contains over 110,000 citations, abstracts, and detailed
summaries of news, current affairs, and legislation from the INFO-SOUTH
Latin American Information System of the North-South Center, University of
Miami; the Latin America Data Base (LADB) of the Latin American Institute
(LAI), University of New Mexico; and the World Law Index, Part I -
Hispanic Nations of the Hispanic Law Division, U.S. Library of Congress.
Volume II is updated semi-annually and is available at the annual
subscription rate of $1195.00/yr. Contact NISC for more information about
this and other related tides or to order a copy.

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