PsycLit

Description based on: 1974-1989; title from disc label

Title on title screen: The PsycLit database. Cf. LC MARC

System requirements: (Minimum) DOS-compatible PC; 640K RAM, including 500K free; DOS 3.1 or higher; Microsoft Extensions, version 2.0 or higher (version 2.1 or higher with DOS version 4.0 or higher); floppy disk drive; hard disk, with 650K available for SPIRS software and 2.5MB available for temporary storage of data; ISO 9660-compatible CD-ROM drive with cables and interface card; monitor; printer (optional). (Recommended) 386 CPU with 80MB hard disk; 4MB RAM; DOS 5.0; Microsoft Extensions, version 2.1 or higher; high-density floppy disk drive; CD-ROM drive; color VGA monitor; printer

Accompanied by user's guide and SPIRS software on 3 1/2 in. or 5 1/4 in. disk

Also usable with a comparable Macintosh system when accompanied by MacSPIRS software and other Macintosh-related accompanying materials

Consists of an archival disc, updated and reissued irregularly; and a current disc, reissued quarterly

Summary: Contains summaries of the world's serial literature in psychology and related disciplines, compiled from the PsycInfo database; current disc <1987-Mar. 1996-> contains also a separate database of summaries of the world's English-language chapters and books: PsycLit book chapters & books on SilverPlatter

Issued by: American Psychological Association

CD-ROM ed. of: Psychological abstracts

Also available online, from 1967, as: PsycInfo (DIALOG File 11); and, for current material, as: PsycAlert (DIALOG File 140)