A new directory that offers access to databases useful to intellectual property researchers and information professionals. It includes coverage of trade names, patents, trademarks, and standards used throughout the world, and includes on-line, CD-ROM, and real-time databases, diskette, magnetic tape, fax, wire, and data broadcast information. The alphabetically arranged entries include reviews with database names, subject description, years of coverage, number of records, etc.; and evaluative information examining the variations between each on-line host, medium, or format. Includes a list of all addresses referenced in the various entries and indexes by subject and database name. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.