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SPORTDiscus Release Highlights Web Access

OTTAWA, CANADA - January 22, 1998 - The SilverPlatter release on February 1, 1998 of SPORTDiscus, produced by SIRC (Sport Information Resource Centre) offers medical and academic communities worldwide immediate access to a broader spectrum of sport-related information. SPORTDiscus now features over 13,000 URLs, over 500,000bibliographic references and 3 international databases: ATLANTIS, HERACLES and the OLYMPIC MUSEUM database. Clearly marked SPORTDiscus references make it easy to obtain full text copies through SIRCExpress.

Now searchers can identify sport-related electronic journals and sport-related web sites and use the live URL links to go directly to the full text source. Researchers benefit from up-to-the minute information on trends and research concerns. The URL inclusion on to SPORTDiscus insures access to the most current, updated information on all aspects of sport from management and marketing to sports medicine practice and theory. The addition of URLs complements the SPORTDiscus coverage of the practical and research-level information in articles, books, conference proceedings and theses.

Coverage of Olympic material has been broadened and strengthened by the 11,000+ references to books, reports and other materials on sport and the Olympic Games held in the library collection of the Olympic Museum, a foundation set up by the International Olympic Committee (Lausanne, Switzerland). The worldwide scope of non-English material is strengthened by HERACLES, the premier French-language sport database and the Spanish-language database, ATLANTIS, a cooperative venture of SPORTCOM and its member countries. Italian-language subject headings have also been added to SPORTDiscus references.

Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), the world leader in identifying and disseminating sport information, is a non-profit organization serving the sporting, academic, medical and corporate community for twenty-five years. Products and services available from SIRC include SPORTDiscus, SIRCExpress (a document delivery service) and SPORTQuest (the award winning WEB site for sport information). Easy and affordable worldwide access to SPORTDiscus is available online through the Search by Search service and by annual subscription from SilverPlatter Information.

For more information, please contact:

Debra Gassewitz

President and CEO

SIRC

Tel : +1 (613) 231-7472, Ext 224

Toll Free: +1 (800) 665-6413 North America

Fax: +1 (613) 231-3739

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