Bibliographic Data Management with dBase: A Study of Secondary Key Retrieval on Multivalued Data Items.

Pollard, Richard

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Publication Date: 1988

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Bibliographic Data Management with dBase: A Study of Secondary Key Retrieval on Multivalued Data Items.

Pollard, Richard

Information Technology and Libraries, v7 n1 p56-66 Mar 1988

Describes a study that examined the ability of the dBase database management system to perform secondary key retrieval on multivalued data items. The results are presented as time cost relative to the number of matching records, and situations in which a different management system might be appropriate are identified. (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Management Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Microcomputers, Online Searching, Subject Index Terms

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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