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Tenopir, Carol; Lundeen, Gerald W. – Database, 1988
Categorizes software packages for microcomputer database creation by their typical features and strengths, and discusses appropriate applications of each category. A directory of vendors for each type of software--text retrieval, file managers, database management, information storage and retrieval, integrated bibliographic systems, and library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
Saari, David S.; Foster, George A., Jr. – Database, 1989
Compares two full featured database management systems for bibliographic information in terms of programs and documentation; record creation and editing; online database citations; search procedures; access to references in external text files; sorting and printing functions; style sheets; indexes; and file operations. (four references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Database Management Systems, Indexes
Herther, Nancy K. – Database, 1998
Discussion of CD-ROM and DVD (Digital Video Disk)-ROM covers CD-ROM software pricing and industry changes; CD-ROM drives; CD-recordable formats; DVD formats, hardware, and software; recordable DVD; and future issues, including standards, Windows 98, the DVD market, and compatibility. A sidebar lists Web sites with information on CD-ROM and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Futures (of Society), Information Industry
