Anciently, there was help in addressing the sort of problem Charles confronted. One consulted the relevant high-quality master index, which told one which publications treated a topic and provided the page numbers of these treatments.
Master indices have not been eliminated definitively, but IBM does seem to have cut back very significantly on their production. The relevant one here: DFSMS/MVS Master Index, GC26-4904-00 has not been updated since September 24, 1999, the date of its original publication. Why, I wonder, has this happened? Are they judged too bookish in the age of the internet? John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
