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Lundeen, Gerald – Database, 1989
Discusses the special characteristics of personal file management software and compares four microcomputer software packages: Notebook II with Bibliography and Convert, Pro-Cite with Biblio-Links, askSam, and Reference Manager. Each package is evaluated in terms of the user interface, file maintenance, retrieval capabilities, output, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Reviews, Database Design, Database Management Systems
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Shen, Stewart N. T. – Library Software Review, 1989
Briefly describes some available database design tools and provides a detailed description and evaluation of the ER-Design Package, a sophisticated and comprehensive tool available on microcomputer. Some of the ER-Design functions evaluated include the main design module, diagram generation, conversion to relational schema, normalization of files,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Database Design
LePoer, Peter M. – Database, 1990
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using dBASE for the storage and retrieval of downloaded bibliographic records, and the problems involved in importing data downloaded from various online systems into dBASE. ASCIIREF, a software program developed to allow users to easily reformat just about any file of ASCII bibliographic records into…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer Software, Data Processing
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Carter, Christina E. – Multicultural Review, 1992
With more than 38,000 references to journal articles, books, book chapters, and reports on Mexican Americans, the Chicano database offers the most comprehensive access to information on one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. It is a model for other ethnic CD-ROM projects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Database Producers, Databases, Ethnic Groups
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Smith, Richard L., Ed. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1988
Reviews two software packages, "Solutions Unlimited" and "BASIC Data Base System." Provides a description, summary, strengths and weaknesses, availability and costs. Includes reviews of three structured BASIC packages: "True BASIC (2.0)"; "Turbo BASIC (1.0)"; and "QuickBASIC (3.0)." Explains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education
Grosch, Audrey N. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1989
Discusses shareware and public domain software for MS-DOS systems that are available through bulletin board systems (BBS). Problems with computer viruses are discussed; shareware available for communications, database and file management, spreadsheets, word processing, and menuing software is described; and source information for software is…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Electronic Mail, Menu Driven Software, Microcomputers
Eddison, Elizabeth B. – Database, 1991
Discusses conversion projects that move information from one format to another. Planning considerations are discussed; types of conversion processes are described, including conversion between computers using software, cables, or networks; special conversions are examined, including CD-ROMs and online databases; and companies that specialize in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Information Processing
Martin, Ron – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1989
Describes MICROsearch, a self-contained system developed at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources for searching selected portions of the ERIC database on a microcomputer, and recommends that library media specialists use the program to teach basic online searching skills to teachers who are planning to take summer courses. (BBM)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
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Perez, Ernest – Library Software Review, 1990
Discusses optical character recognition (OCR) for use with MS-DOS microcomputers. Cost effectiveness is considered, three types of software approaches to character recognition are explained, hardware and operation requirements are described, possible library applications are discussed, future OCR developments are suggested, and a list of OCR…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
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Rice, James – RSR Reference Services Review, 1988
Describes a study that assessed the availability and use of microcomputer database management interfaces to online public access catalogs. The software capabilities needed to effect such an interface are identified, and available software packages are evaluated by these criteria. A directory of software vendors is provided. (4 notes with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Reviews, Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval
Giordano, Richard; And Others – Perspectives in Computing, 1988
Presents description of the Generalized Automatic Text Organization and Retrieval system (GATOR), a database system that indexes and retrieves information from machine-readable texts such as interviews and case histories. Qualitative and quantitative analyses are discussed, and integrating GATOR with standard statistical packages is described.…
Descriptors: Case Records, Content Analysis, Database Management Systems, Indexing
Kurshan, Barbara – Computing Teacher, 1990
Discusses the growing use of telecommunications in the classroom and lists 30 projects and networks currently available to educators. Highlights include general online services; databases; news services; local area projects; worldwide projects; electronic mail projects, including AT&T's Long Distance Learning Network (LDLN); and networks for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Holzberg, Carol S. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1989
Discusses ways in which online searching promotes the development of research, computer, and critical thinking skills, and reviews two databases that offer access to information on elementary school science. Lesson activities for grades four through six are suggested, and information on the vendor, system requirements, and cost of each database is…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary School Science
Franklin, Carl; Hane, Paula – Database, 1992
Discusses the impact of computerization of maps on access to business and government information that may be geographically referenced and the emergence of a new field, Geographic Information Management (GIM). Applications of hypertext/hypermedia in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are described, and software available for workstations and…
Descriptors: Atlases, Cartography, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Flanders, Bruce – American Libraries, 1992
Describes two new multimedia products developed by IBM that are interdisciplinary, multicultural, and nongraded (i.e., suitable for elementary grades through college): (1) Columbus: Encounter, Discovery and Beyond; and (2) Illuminated Books and Manuscripts, which explores interrelationships between five literary works and other subject areas. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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