ss60f@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (ss60f) (12/17/87)
Hi,
I'm looking for a better method to handle research notes and
bibliographies (on an IBM AT system running MSDOS). For notes, I'd like
to have the ability to search for keywords or associate subject headings
with note files. Unfortunately, most textual databases I've heard of
store text in ASCII form or their own peculiar format, and are not
directly compatible with word processor files (I use Word Perfect). I
can live with ASCII text, though, if I have to. I also understand that
some textual database programs are designed primarily for searching
unchanging text (e.g. the Bible), but research notes get added to or
modified once in a while, so I wouldn't want to get a program in which
re-indexing changed notes was too hard or time-consuming.
For bibliographies, I've tried SCIMATE, but I'm not yet convinced
enough that it's what I want to commit all my references to it. I've
considered using a general-purpose database (e.g. DBASE or RBASE), but
I'm not sure that's the way to go, either.
Any help or hints would be appreciated, especially from people
who've found particular programs effective in managing large research
projects involving many written sources.
-- Jon Dart
Dept. of Anthropology, C-001
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093
(619)-534-4145
dart%sdcc3@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU