There's a new CD-ROM which features Twain (among other authors). See forwarded note below. Taylor Roberts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-4-234. Wed 31 Mar 1993. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 63 Subject: 4.234 Corpus on CD-ROM: Call for Reviewers Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <[log in to unmask]> Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <[log in to unmask]> -------------------------Directory------------------------------------- 1) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 16:41:15 -0700 From: [log in to unmask] (Cliff Miller) Subject: Literary Corpus on CD-ROM -------------------------Messages-------------------------------------- 1) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 93 16:41:15 -0700 From: [log in to unmask] (Cliff Miller) Subject: Literary Corpus on CD-ROM Masterpiece Library CD-ROM Project: Search for Reviewers A group of current and former graduate students and teachers at the University of Utah have produced a CD-ROM called Masterpiece Library which contains over 1300 pieces of classic literature from the public domain. If you are interested in reviewing this CD-ROM, please contact us for a free disc. Brief Description: Masterpiece Library is a collection of 1338 pieces of public domain literature and texts (the entire Bible, the Koran, Twain, Thoreau, Whitman, complete Shakespeare, US govt docs such as the Constitution, hundreds of Greek works, etc.) It has a comprehensive indexing system of 175,000 words with browser and search interfaces for both Macs and PCs. Its searching capabilities allow for AND/OR searches of several words as well as complete phrases within the books and the titles of the books. All of the classic works on our disc are in the public domain, and in that spirit we'd like to offer the CD to the public at a minimal cost. (We're planning to charge $39.95.) Anyone should be able to use these works -- quote, copy, read for personal enjoyment or research -- as freely as possible. Depending upon the feedback we receive from the research community, we will consider enhancing the searching capabilities to allow for more sophisticated linguistic analysis of the corpus. Contact Information: Pacific HiTech 4530 Fortuna Way Salt Lake City, Utah 84124 email: [log in to unmask] phone: 801-278-2042 800-765-8369 fax: 801-278-2666 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-4-234.