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Build your own database / Peter Jacso and F. W. Lancaster.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Ess Ess Pub., 2010.Description: xi, 163 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9788170005933
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.74 23 J21
Contents:
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-- Index.
Summary: In this work, the authors demonstrate how to create quality in databases. They offer advice on designing content with consideration of domain of coverage, accessibility, currency, critical mass, and other criteria; and constructing databases with retrievability of useful information in mind.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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--
Index.

In this work, the authors demonstrate how to create quality in databases. They offer advice on designing content with consideration of domain of coverage, accessibility, currency, critical mass, and other criteria; and constructing databases with retrievability of useful information in mind.

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