Database and Filing Software for Scholars.

Slatta, Richard W.

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ERIC Number: EJ347593

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Publication Date: 1986

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Database and Filing Software for Scholars.

Slatta, Richard W.

Collegiate Microcomputer, v4 n4 p307-19 Nov 1986

Reviews database management software options for academic applications of pedagogy and research offering practical suggestions on choosing software. Software reviewed includes dBase III, Reflex, FYI 3000, Notebook II, AskSAM, Electra-Find, and Practicase. Program advantages, disadvantages, features, flexibility, and costs are discussed. A description of the electronic mail system ScholarNet is appended. (MBR)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Costs, Database Management Systems, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Merchandise Information, Microcomputers, Research Tools, Selection, Telecommunications, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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