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Beiser, Karl – Database, 1993
Discusses resources and strategies that libraries can use to evaluate competing database management software for purchase. Needs assessments, types of software available, features of good software, evaluation aids, shareware, and marketing and product trends are covered. (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Database Management Systems, Database Producers, Evaluation Criteria
Beiser, Karl – Database, 1990
Examines trends in the design of database management systems for microcomputers and predicts developments that may occur in the next decade. Possible developments are discussed in the areas of user interfaces, database programing, library systems, the use of MARC data, CD-ROM applications, artificial intelligence features, HyperCard, and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design, Cost Effectiveness