NATIONAL TREASURES: GEMS OF CHINA'SCULTURAL RELICS

Another overall excellent resource on Chinese art from Lee & Lee, this disc features 159 treasures--vases, bronze masks, paintings--from 35 Chinese museums. Enter the works through three venues: Exhibition Space lets you view all pieces, enlarge them, and get background data on each; Map of History offers access to 35 archaeological sites across 19 provinces; and you can choose objects in Time Scroll from prehistory to the 18th century. There is room for improvement. however: this reviewer would like the ability to rotate objects 360Á, an option to print the text, and a list of all of the art objects included. The major cavil is that the screen is dark and the icons are not completely intuitive.

The Bottom Line: Despite some drawbacks in this version (lack of the desired features indicated above), this is recommended for libraries with extensive art collections and the interested home buyer.

-- Ed Tallent, Coord. of Research Instruction, Harvard Coll. Lib.

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