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The Large Data Construct: A New Frontier in Database Design.
Arnold, Stephen E. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Discusses the development of multiobject databases called large data constructs (LDC), which may contain images and recorded or synthesized voice as well as text. Virtual reality and cyberspace are discussed, selectivity and database content are examined, database management systems are described, and retrieval options are reviewed. (three…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Data Collection, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Database Management: Building, Changing and Using Databases. Collected Papers and Abstracts of the Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (15th, Portland, Oregon, May 1986).
American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1986
This document contains abstracts of papers on database design and management which were presented at the 1986 mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS). Topics considered include: knowledge representation in a bilingual art history database; proprietary database design; relational database design; in-house databases;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Databases
Using Microsoft Access: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians, Number 76.
Butler, E. Sonny – 1997
Much of what librarians do today requires adeptness in creating and manipulating databases. Many new computers bought by libraries every year come packaged with Microsoft Office and include Microsoft Access. This database program features a seamless interface between Microsoft Office's other programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This book…
Descriptors: Database Design, Database Management Systems, Databases, Information Management
U.S. Geography with a Twist.
Ramondetta, June – Learning, 1993
Elementary students can investigate U.S. geography and exercise critical thinking and research skills by compiling a computer database on state facts and figures. As they research and work, they develop their own questions to ask and answer and make thoughtful hypotheses about how and why facts may be related. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Database Design, Databases, Elementary Education
The Student-Designed Database.
Thomas, Rick – Computing Teacher, 1988
This discussion of the design of data files for databases to be created by secondary school students uses AppleWorks software as an example. Steps needed to create and use a database are explained, the benefits of group activity are described, and other possible projects are listed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Workplace Concepts in Sign and Text. A Computerized Sign Language Dictionary.
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh. – 1991
This document is a dictionary of essential vocabulary, signs, and illustrations of workplace activities to be used to train deaf or hearing-impaired adults. It contains more than 500 entries with workplace-relevant vocabulary, each including an illustration of the signed word or phrase in American Sign Language, a description of how to make the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Developing a Computer Data File: Signs, Illustrations, and Vocabulary for Use with and by Hearing-Impaired Adults.
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Pittsburgh. – 1991
A project developed a computerized data file of essential vocabulary, signs, and illustrations to be used to train deaf or hearing-impaired adults. Project activities included the following: designing a data entry and retrieval system for the project; identifying the interactive vocabulary most needed by deaf employees and their co-workers;…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Sign Language