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Wolfram, Dietmar – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Outlines the file structure requirements for a microcomputer-based information retrieval system using FoxPro, a relational database management system (DBMS). Issues relating to the design and implementation of such systems are discussed, and two possible designs are examined in terms of space economy and practicality of implementation. (15…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval
Smith, Clive D. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Describes the evolution of an electronic document management system for the World Bank, including record-keeping components, and how the Pittsburgh requirements for evidence in record keeping were used to evaluate it. Discusses imaging technology for scanning paper records, metadata for retrieval and record keeping, and extending the system to…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Electronic Text, Information Management, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedMacleod, Ian A.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Discussion of the need for distributed information retrieval systems focuses on a model system, Fulcrum FUL/Text. Differences from distributed database management systems are described; system design is discussed; implementation requirements are explained including remote operation calls (ROC's); and a prototype simulation model based on FUL/Text…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems
Attaullah; Johnson, Jane S. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Outlines the various steps involved in the process of modernizing the information storage and retrieval systems within the library of the Northwest Frontier Province Agricultural University (NWFP AU) in Peshawar, Pakistan. Implementation of services for faculty, students, and provincial agricultural scientists is discussed, and staff training is…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Database Management Systems
