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Bickers, Doyle – College and University, 1987
The potential that exists for expanding services and automating routine procedures via the microcomputer has been greatly increased by the advances in database managers. A database manager is described as a collection of programs that perform many data manipulation functions that would have required elaborate programming work in the past. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Admission, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
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Shah, Vivek; Bryant, Milton – Planning for Higher Education, 1987
The Faculty Scheduling System (FSS), a database management system designed to give administrators the ability to schedule faculty in a fast and efficient manner is described. The FSS, developed using dBASE III, requires an IBM compatible microcomputer with a minimum of 256K memory. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, Computer Software, Database Management Systems
Daly, Brian E. – 1985
There are three valuable types of computer software needed by the professional researcher--word processing, spreadsheet, and database management. In general, these packages are required for the effective operation of offices; however, researchers may have special needs which can only be met with more specialized software. Recently, word processing…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Educational Researchers
Wright, A. J. – 1984
The combination of computer technology and library operation is helping to alleviate such library problems as escalating costs, increasing collection size, deteriorating materials, unwieldy arrangement schemes, poor subject control, and the acquisition and processing of large numbers of rarely used documents. Small special libraries such as…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Communications, Database Management Systems, Electronic Mail
Freivalds, Dace I.; Carson, Sylvia – 1988
This report describes an online public access catalog (OPAC) developed at Pennsylvania State University which downloads, manages, and manipulates data once it has been retrieved. The paper begins with a list of the 12 features of the system, which is called MicroLIAS (Library Information Access System): (1) build and fully index any number of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Higher Education, Information Sources
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Kanyarusoke, Charles – TechTrends, 1987
Describes an instructional database for microcomputers which is designed to eliminate the need for costly textbooks and to aid professors in many of their instructional responsibilities. Various types of databases are explained, and guidelines for hardware selection and backup systems are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness, Database Management Systems, Databases
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Planton, Stanley; Phillips, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Describes computerization of routine library procedures on Apple microcomputers at a small regional campus of Ohio University. Highlights include use of a database management program--PFS:FILE--for acquisition lists, equipment/supplies inventory, microfilm and periodicals management, and statistical manipulations, and a spreadsheet…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Higher Education
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Iskanderani, A. I.; Anwar, M. A. – Information Services and Use, 1992
Describes a personal computer and LAN-based automated circulation system capable of handling both Arabic and Latin characters that was developed for use at King Abdullaziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia). Outlines system requirements, system structure, hardware needs, and individual functional modules of the system. Numerous examples and flow…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries
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Evans, Janet; And Others – Library Software Review, 1986
Four articles on dBASE III include three on library applications: a photocopy invoicing system for interlibrary loan, a vertical file subject headings list program, and a subject index to statistical resources. Another article explains the differences between interpreters and compilers and the advantages of the Clipper compiler for dBASE III. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Higher Education, Indexes
Shaoul, Jean – 1988
This paper analyzes ways in which the new, relatively cheap, user friendly technology and associated software is changing the way that accounting is being taught. Techniques that have been available, in principle, for years, are now widely available. The newer techniques stress decision making for planning, and, to a lesser extent, control, in…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Hallisey, Joanne – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
Reengineering efforts, vendor consolidation, and rising costs prompted the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to convert its computer resale store to an online catalog that allows students, faculty, and staff to purchase equipment and software through a World Wide Web interface. The transition has been greeted with a mixed reaction. The next…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Peripherals, Computer Software, Database Management Systems
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Wenzel, Patrick – RSR Reference Services Review, 1988
Describes the use of microcomputers and relational database management systems to improve access to numeric databases by the Data and Program Library Service at the University of Wisconsin. The internal records management system, in-house reference tools, and plans to extend these tools to the entire campus are discussed. (3 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
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Wells, Margaret R.; Gadikian, Randolph S. – Research Strategies, 1987
Explains the design and development of BISTATS, a computer application using dBASEIII for compiling bibliographic instruction statistics that was developed at State University College at Buffalo. Highlights include system design and development, data items included in the records, programming procedures, and testing and modifications. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Data Analysis, Database Management Systems
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Borovansky, Vladimir T.; Machovec, George S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
A microcomputer database management system is used to create and index profiles of individual college faculty and to monitor their expertise (curricular, research, professional subject interests) and trends in university programs. The faculty profile is useful in improved referrals, collection development activities, staff orientation, and public…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
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Rittle, Robert H. – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Discusses a research design course in which undergraduates were taught to program microcomputers for the control of experimental tasks. Describes the teaching approach for the three-hour course unit, along with the experimental tasks that were performed. Reports that students ranked the programing of experimental tasks as important as other…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Database Management Systems
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