Build Your Own Database - Softcover

American Library Association

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838907504 ISBN 13: 9780838907504

Publisher: American Library Association, 1999

Synopsis

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; constructing databases with retrievability of useful information in mind; comparing the different types of database software with specific examples of those commonly used in libraries; and how to select the best tool. Guidance is also provided on strategies for indexing data, and how software features affect the structure of data, the handling of multiple record types, template design for easy updates, and other database capabilities.

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Review

"Written for librarians and others with little previous database-building experience, this offers a solid introduction. Recommended."

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Library Association
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838907504
• ISBN 13: 9780838907504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277