The Construction Information Service
The Construction Information Service is produced jointly by IHS Technical Indexes Ltd and RIBA Enterprises especially for architects, civil and structural engineers, building control officers, building services engineers and other professionals in the construction industry.

To meet the specialist needs of users from such a wide range of disciplines, The Construction Information Service is offered in sections so that customers may mix and match to create the information resource they need.

Since the service was launched over five years ago, more than 3,000 key users have already come to rely on rapid access to the information they require. It is proven in use at many networked locations as well as on stand alone personal computers. No other information service has a comparable track record.

Finding the information you need is simple. You can search by document number, document title, series, or issuing body.

The service can be delivered online or on CD-ROM; your subscription includes regular updates, technical support and access to Technical Indexes helplines.

The online version has recently been improved and updated and now incorporates a powerful new search engine driven by complex techniques called 'data mining' which enables busy professionals to quickly find very specific information via a user friendly interface.

Other new features that have also been incorporated are:

• A new and revised documents feature - enables the user to view the latest additions at the click of a button.
• A neat document summary viewer - allows users to scan document summaries from within the results list
• An upgraded browse by feature - now presents at a glance, the number of documents available for a particular publisher, subject or series
• Enhanced graphics - carefully designed to provide the user with an appealing and professional interface, while allowing fast location and operation of relevant features.
• A new Favourites features, allowing you to store and organise links to the documents you use the most, allowing you instant access
• Exclusive access to subscriber-only content in PréCIS, including specially-written articles, tutorials, and useful lists of reference documents.

The Construction Information Service can be supplied only to members of the British Standards Institution or to subscribers who become members within one year of delivery.

Links from NBS software products to The Construction Information Services
The continuing development of the second generation The Construction Information Service brings yet another exciting feature. Users who subscribe to one or more of NBS's CD-ROM and online products (NBS Building, NBS Engineering Services, NBS Landscape, NBS Scheduler, or NBS Building Regulations) and who also subscribe to The Construction Information Service, can now take advantage of time saving links between the products. Subject to an appropriate subscription, a mouse click on a relevant document reference link from within an NBS CD-ROM product is all that is needed to link to The Construction Information Service - from where the document full text can be viewed. This is particularly useful when for example you are writing a specification, and need to check the content of, say, a British Standard before including a reference within your work. This powerful feature is also available to NBS customers who subscribe to The Construction Information Service on CD-ROM.

For subscription information and general customer queries, call IHS Technical Indexes Ltd on 01344 328000.

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