Librarians May Benefit From Updated Video Rating Guide

Librarians May Benefit From Updated Video Rating Guide, The Video Rating Guide for Libraries on CD-ROM provides quick access to five years' worth of data on educational, special-interest, informational and children's videos distributed in North America. For example, librarians experiencing a surge of interest in a particular topic can locate related video titles. Each entry contains an evaluative review by a subject expert addressing content, organization and production values. Users may search the database by subject, title, descriptor, audience, price, producer/ distributor, reviewer, rating, production personnel and more&emdash;or by any combination thereof. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, (800) 368-6868. D

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