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Overview

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.
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Library Journal
This book's stated objective is "to explain what makes a database `good.' " Jacs (information and computer sciences, Univ. of Hawaii) and Lancaster (GSLIS, Univ. of Illinois) fulfill their goal, providing a thorough analysis of what to consider when developing a database. The book is divided into two sections: the first addresses database content and organization, while the second, longer section covers characteristics and capabilities of database management software. Specific functions, e.g., record structure, searching, are described and discussed, with comments about how to evaluate implementations of each function in database programs. Several software packages, including library automation and bibliographic management programs, are presented as examples. Written for librarians and others with little previous database-building experience, this offers a solid introduction. Recommended.--Janet Crum, Oregon Health Sciences Univ. Lib., Portland Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780838907504
  • Publisher: American Library Association
  • Publication date: 2/28/1999
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 163
  • Product dimensions: 7.06 (w) x 10.03 (h) x 0.41 (d)

Table of Contents

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Preface
Pt. I Content and Organization of the Database 1
1 What Is a Database? 3
2 Database Content 7
3 Quality and Usability Factors 14
Pt. II Software Issues 39
4 Types of Database Software 41
5 Record and Database Structuring and Data Entry 57
6 Index Creation 89
7 Index Browsing 100
8 Searching 108
9 Sorting 125
10 Display, Print, and Download Functions 136
11 Interface Considerations 148
App. A URLs for Software Products 153
App. B Import and Export Formats of Bibliographic Records 155
Index 161
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