Essential Guide to dBase IV in Libraries
Karl Beiser(Editor)
Information Today (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1991
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-0-88736-530-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is meant primarily for those who already have acquired a general familiarity with dBase or a dBase-compatible program like dBXL (WordTech Systems Corporation), FoxPro Plus (Fox Software, Inc.) or any one of half a dozen dBase cousins. This book aims to provide a basic understanding of dBase IV, enabling the reader to construct systems to solve library related problems. In the process, a number of techniques and tricks of particular importance in library situations generally are discussed. The author suggests various approaches to using dBase IV and offers a range of techniques illustrated by examples familiar to those working in libraries. All these examples are available on the IBM compatible 3.5" and 5.25" disks which are available separately. The book touches lightly in those areas where general, business-oriented introductory material is plentiful, emphasizing instead the peculiarities of specific library applications. It is aimed at all records managers, information systems analysts, library automation specialists, all public, academic, government and industrial librarians, archivists and data processing administrators.
This book is meant primarily for those who already have acquired a general familiarity with dBase or a dBase-compatible program like dBXL (WordTech Systems Corporation), FoxPro Plus (Fox Software, Inc.) or any one of half a dozen dBase cousins. This book aims to provide a basic understanding of dBase IV, enabling the reader to construct systems to solve library related problems. In the process, a number of techniques and tricks of particular importance in library situations generally are discussed. The author suggests various approaches to using dBase IV and offers a range of techniques illustrated by examples familiar to those working in libraries. All these examples are available on the IBM compatible 3.5" and 5.25" disks which are available separately. The book touches lightly in those areas where general, business-oriented introductory material is plentiful, emphasizing instead the peculiarities of specific library applications. It is aimed at all records managers, information systems analysts, library automation specialists, all public, academic, government and industrial librarians, archivists and data processing administrators.
This book is meant primarily for those who already have acquired a general familiarity with dBase or a dBase-compatible program like dBXL (WordTech Systems Corporation), FoxPro Plus (Fox Software, Inc.) or any one of half a dozen dBase cousins. This book aims to provide a basic understanding of dBase IV, enabling the reader to construct systems to solve library related problems. In the process, a number of techniques and tricks of particular importance in library situations generally are discussed. The author suggests various approaches to using dBase IV and offers a range of techniques illustrated by examples familiar to those working in libraries. All these examples are available on the IBM compatible 3.5" and 5.25" disks which are available separately. The book touches lightly in those areas where general, business-oriented introductory material is plentiful, emphasizing instead the peculiarities of specific library applications. It is aimed at all records managers, information systems analysts, library automation specialists, all public, academic, government and industrial librarians, archivists and data processing administrators.
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Series
Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-88736-530-0 (9780887365300)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Blitz course. Part 1 Administration: mailing list; management; library statistics. Part 2 Reference: newspaper indexing; abstracts; bibliographies. Part 3 Cataloguing and the public access catalogue: MARC record; catalogue card production. Part 4 Acquisitions and serials: serials management; full acquisitions. Part 5 Circulation: circulation control. Part 6 Miscellaneous: interlibrary loan; miscellaneous file manipulation.