NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Warner, Amy; Wenzel, Patrick H. – Special Libraries, 1989
Discusses various categories of software that can be applied to the development of in-house databases on microcomputers, and describes the use of a general purpose package with a procedural language to design a small indexing system called Revelation. The description covers data storage and maintenance, database design, file searching, and system…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Data Processing, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Janssens, D.; Jesse, A. – 1989
This document contains a compilation of overhead projection sheets from an International Labour Office (ILO) Training Course in Micro-ISIS held in March 1988, augmented by explanatory text and applications to a wide variety of databases. It is designed both to provide a visual, didactic approach to Micro-ISIS, and to constitute a quick-reference…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Data Processing, Databases