Reference CD Named Best of '96
        
        
        
        Facts On File, the 56 year-old                                            publisher of reference books and                                            CD-ROMs, has received                                            Curriculum Administrator                                            magazine's District Choice Award                                            for their Landmark Documents                                            in American History CD-ROM.                                            Named as one of the "Top 100                                            Products of 1996," the disc was                                            also distinguished as an                                            "Outstanding Reference Title,                                            1996" by RASD/ALA.                                            The CD-ROM explores more than                                            500 years of America's history,                                            complete with photographs,                                            illustrations, video clips and                                            introductions explaining the                                            significance of each document.                                            From the Mayflower Compact to                                            the Contract with America,                                            Landmark Documents brings                                            together 1,200 primary source                                            materials related to American                                            History curriculum.                                            The disc includes over 400                                            pieces of major legislation; 200                                            inaugural addresses and                                            speeches; 150 reports, debates                                            and party platforms; 100 treaties;                                            and 100 letters, essays and book                                            excerpts. Facts On File, Inc.,                                            New York, NY, (800) 322-8755.