摘要
本文从覆盖的杂志、主题、文献报道情况、标引深度、更新等方面，对荷兰医学文摘光盘（EMBASECD）和美国医学光盘（MEDLINECD）进行对比分析。结果表明，EMBASECD有一些特有的优点，特别是药物文献方面。我国图书情报机构应该多作选择，不应都订单一品种的光盘。
A comparison was made between EMBASE-CD and MEDLINE-CD in their coverage, subject, document reported, indexing depth, and their update. The results showed that EMBASE-CD has its particular advantages in pharmaceutical literature. Information institutes and libraries in our country should purchase CD- ROM selectively and should not pay their attention to only one kind
