Abstract:

Recently, the new application of DVD technology in multimedia reference sources provides opportunities to integrate a large amount of various media, as well as many kinds of reference sources, on a single disc. This paper provides an overview of the recent trends towards publishing DVD multimedia reference sources and discusses the advantages of DVD-ROMs and the gigabyte storage potential of the technology for publishing multimeia reference sources.

Keywords: Dvd; Cd-Rom; Data Storage; Multimedia; Publishing; Referencing

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1108/14684529910334056