Importing Downloaded Bibliographic Records into dBASE III+ and dBASE IV: Tools and Methods.

LePoer, Peter M.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Importing Downloaded Bibliographic Records into dBASE III+ and dBASE IV: Tools and Methods.

LePoer, Peter M.

Database, v13 n1 p44-49 Feb 1990

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using dBASE for the storage and retrieval of downloaded bibliographic records, and the problems involved in importing data downloaded from various online systems into dBASE. ASCIIREF, a software program developed to allow users to easily reformat just about any file of ASCII bibliographic records into a delimited format, is described. (four references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer Software, Data Processing, Microcomputers, Programing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews; Reports - Descriptive

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