Periodicals Contents Index

Description: PCI on CD-ROM is available in two series; the first covers periodicals up to 1960 (over 2,200 periodicals); the second series covers the period 1961-1990. Each series is published in segments covering around 300 journals and 750,000 journal articles. In total PCI provides access to nearly eight million articles published in humanities and social science journals of both the English-speaking world in European languages. The tagging structure is compatible with MARC-based retrieval software. 8 segments are now available, with new segments added at a rate of 3 per year.

PCI is also accessible via the World Wide Web. It is available as an annual subscription in two editions; the complete PCI database covering journals from their first issue to 1990/91 or the most recent 30 years 1960/1-1990/91. Free trial access is currently available.

Requirements: PC running MS-DOS 3.3 or higher with CD-ROM drive or Internet connection with telnet client.

Further information: from the publisher's web-site at http://www.chadwyck.co.uk/. For the WWW version, see http://pci.chadwyck.co.uk. For information about the CHEST agreement see http://www.chest.ac.uk/datasets/chadwyck/pci.html

Distributor: Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., The Quorum, Barnwell Road, Cambridge CB5 8SW. Tel. 01223 215512. Fax. 01223 215514. Email: marketing@chadwyck.co.uk

Price: £3,500 for each segment. CHEST sites can access the PCI on-line through a licence agreement (£200 + VAT per annum).

Version available at CTI Centre: None.

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Guide to Digital Resources 1996-98. Not to be republished in any form without the permission of CTI Textual Studies.

HTML Author: Sarah Porter
Document Created: 23 January 1997.
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