leo@duttnph.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) (10/10/90)
I know very little about database applications in general, and on the Mac in particular. Browsing through some old MacWorld magazines did not provide an answer either, so I am now turning to the net for information. The subject line really says it all: I want to store my (medium-sized) collection of books and magazines in a database that must make it easy for me to list the information in various ways. In particular, I need: - for the entire database: listings sorted by different keys, e.g. author, title, year; - for specific magazines: lists of titles, or authors, or things written in 19--, or..., appearing in it; - for specific titles: lists of collections/magazines that title appeared in; lists of translated versions; - for specific authors: lists of titles, lists of magazines, lists of pseudonyms; You get the idea: I want a relational database. Undoubtedly such an application exists for the Mac. But what I do *not* want is to have to spend months programming an interface on top of one. Because my requirements are nothing very special (every library will need something similar, I imagine), I am therefore hoping that a more specific program exists somewhere, or at least a program that will let me achieve what I want with a minimum of effort. All ideas and suggestions more than welcome, loads of thanks in advance, -- Leo Breebaart (leo @ duttnph.tudelft.nl)
dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) (10/11/90)
leo@duttnph.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) writes: >The subject line really says it all: I want to store my (medium-sized) >collection of books and magazines in a database What you require will be exactly provided by the program EndNote. Representatives of the publisher, Niles and Associates, can be reached for further questions on The WELL. Their Usenet address at The WELL is nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us
dropkin@pro-angmar.UUCP (Joe Dropkin) (10/13/90)
In-Reply-To: message from leo@duttnph.tudelft.nl Microsoft Works will solve your problem.