Build your own database / by Peter Jacso and F.W. Lancaster
- Bib ID:
- 1309871
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jacso, Peter
- Description:
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- Chicago ; London : American Library Association, 1999
- xi,163p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0838907504 (paperback)
- Summary:
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In Build Your Own Database, authors Peter Jacso and F. W. Lancaster show you how to create quality in databases with advice in such areas as: designing content with consideration of domain of coverage, accessibility, currency, critical mass, and other criteria; constructing databases with retrievability of useful information in mind; comparing the types of database software with specific examples of those that are commonly used in libraries and selecting the best tool for your needs; developing strategies for indexing your data; and learning how software features affect the structure of your data, the handling of multiple record types, template design for easy updates, and other database capabilities.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. I. Content and Organization of the Database. 1. What Is a Database? 2. Database Content. 3. Quality and Usability Factors
- Pt. II. Software Issues. 4. Types of Database Software. 5. Record and Database Structuring and Data Entry. 6. Index Creation. 7. Index Browsing. 8. Searching. 9. Sorting. 10. Display, Print, and Download Functions. 11. Interface Considerations
- App. A. URLs for Software Products
- App. B. Import and Export Formats of Bibliographic Records.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Database design
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lancaster, F. Wilfrid (Frederick Wilfrid)
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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