Bibliography project
J.E. Shields (Sat, 25 Oct 2003 06:22:38 PDT)
Jane and all,
If I still have my old copy of Filemaker Pro 3, I'll put something together
this weekend. I have an Access lit ref DB that I made years ago; I'll see
what it looks like. Should export to Filemaker easily.
Jim Shields
At 06:16 PM 10/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Jim Shields and Robert Pries wrote,
I agree with Bob entirely on the subject of database vs. text
document. Searching, sorting, cross referencing to genera and even
species, that all cries out for a relational database -- or a spreadsheet
with multiple tables.
Jim Shields
Although it sounds like a good idea, it could be very unwieldy without
creating some sort of database. I have a list of references for the Iris
encyclopedia I am working on that is over a thousand entries and that is
but one genus. The other problem is Floras and such are going to contain
many Genera. Would you create a huge list of Genera and species
mentioned? It seems one would have to create some sort of guidlines.
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If Jim, Robert, and other people can design a database that I can use
quickly and efficiently (and I don't find Microsoft databases to be usable
in a quick, efficient manner!), and if it can present the information in a
way that fairly naive users can use intuitively and easily, then I'll do
it that way. Please think about the design and make some proposals.
Thanks,
Jane McGary
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