内容简介：
The Encyclopedia, with its accompanying CD-ROM, is a tailor-made reference for professionals in the building industry who need immediately the most reliable and current sources of information in the field. In an industry already flooded with an enormous amount of resources, the explosion of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular has added yet another dimension to the flood of information available to the practicing professional.The Encyclopedia-- provides the "intelligence" to find, evaluate, and contact the resources that can save time and money; -- enables the user to cull through the vast number of information sources and quickly target specific areas of interest and the "best" sources within those areas; -- offers the ability to make custom searches, using the full-text search capability or performing "Boolean" searches; -- gives the user the ability to further personalize the searches with notes and reports that can be printed and used for presentations.