Now in its 19th edition, this compendium of commercially available multimedia and CD-ROM titles continues to evolve alongside the industry that it tracks. The text contains details of approximately 23,000 commercially available titles, for all platforms, including descriptions, hardware requirements, publisher contacts, plus subject, language and data type classifications and more. Indexes help the reader to find specific titles by subject, country of origin or even retrieval software used, whilst a glossary assists with technical jargon. This text aims to enable those in the purchase or acquisition of CD-ROMS, DVD or other multimedia CDs, to turn enquiries into satisfied customers.

Contains descriptions of 516 computer-assisted instructional and reference programs on CD-ROM and CD-i. Topics include Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health, and Dentistry. Patient Education and Health Promotion titles appear in a seperate volume.

Organized into eight task-oriented minibooks, this comprehensive 816-page guide shows beginning-to-intermediate users how to get up and running with today's top five Linux distributions: Fedora Core, SUSE, Debian, Xandros, and Knoppix The companion DVD features the full installable versions of Fedora Core 3 and Knoppix and the ISO images (saving hours of downloading time) for the following distributions: SUSE live, Debian full version, and Xandros Open Circulation version. Features step-by-step installation instructions for each distribution The minibooks offer humorous, easy-to-understand coverage of Linux basics, desktops, networking, the Internet, administration, security, Internet servers, and programming Lets readers explore the most popular distributions for desktop and server use

Featuring the latest changes in Fedora Core, this book offers valuable new secrets for Fedora users, including yum, mail filtering with SpamAssassin, mandatory access control with Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), and improved device handling with udev Demonstrates how to use Linux for real-world tasks, from learning UNIX commands to setting up a secure Java-capable Web server for a business Because Fedora Core updates occur frequently, the book contains a helpful appendix with instructions on how to download and install the latest release of Fedora Core The DVD contains the Fedora distribution as well as all binary code packages and source code