Arctic & antarctic regions [electronic resource].

Contributors

Contributor: National Information Services Corporation.; Library of Congress. Science and Technology Division.

Summary: "Arctic & Antarctic Regions (AAR) is the world's largest collection of international polar databases. Coverage is multidisciplinary. A wide variety of sources are indexed including: scientific periodicals, monographs, proceedings of conferences and symposia, government reports, theses, dissertations, and books. Many are indexed only in AAR -- the best resource for research on cold regions anywhere, from temperate regions with cold winters to the Himalayas of Tibet."--NISC product factsheet.

Beginning date: 1989
Title Variation: Arctic and antarctic regions
Frequency: Semiannual
Vol/date range: NISC AAR19890501-
Note: "NISC disc."; "Software by Dataware."; System requirements: CD-ROM drive with MS-DOS CD-ROM extensions; IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 Model 30 or other compatible with DOS 3.1 or greater; 512K RAM (minimum); IBM AT, 80286 or 80386 class microprocessor recommended.; Disk characteristics: CD-ROM.; Description based on surrogate.
Note: First issue also called: 1950-May 1989.
Note: Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web to institutions with a site license.
Note: "Worldwide collection of cold regions research compiled by the Library of Congress, Science and Technology Division."
Related Items: "Records include 40 years of publications from Bibliography on cold regions science and technology, and 27 years of publications from Antarctic bibliography."
Note: Available online to Stanford-affiliated users.
ISSN: 1043-7479
Key Title: Arctic & antarctic regions