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DB-02:  Text Indexing/Retrieval, Free-Form Databases


3BY5
   #27024/055 [2 disks]
is a slick, fast data base program with Lotus-like menus.  It offers a freeform
data base based on the 3 by 5 index card format.


Instant Recall
   Fremont, Michael
   $?
   #27024/0518
is a resident, freeform database program with a built-in word processor. It
will handle databases of up to 80k.


Reference Management System
   Goodell, Paul Douglas
   $45
   #27305/2725 [2 disks]
is a dBIII/+ compatible database program for managing bibliographic data. RMS is
menu driven and easy to use, yet it is very comprehensive. It allows for
comments and abstracts and long entries. It is very flexible in searching,
extracting and reporting data. Requires 475+K; a hard disk is recommended.


Bibl 8.46c [BIBL84]
   Grotophorst, Clyde W. & GMUtant Software
   $39
   #27305/3083  (11-93 CD)
keeps track of books and articles. Features include keyword indexing, a large
variety of reports, mouse support, support for monochrome monitors, global
find and replace, support for multiple databases, importation of ASCII files,
a text editor with word wrap for note field, WIN31 clipboard support,
and much more.

The program can shell to DOS and run ZIP, LHA, or ARJ to create compressed
backups of databases. You can also import data downloaded from Medline, Eric,
ABI-Inform, PsychInfo databases and OCLC Prism SaveScreens to Bibl records.
Requires 380K and a hard disk.


BiblioFile
   Madar, Dean
   $25
   #27305/1280
is a citation management system originally designed to be used in keeping
track of medical literature references. It differs in approach from other
citation management packages by providing you with the automatic capacity to
file citations by subject matter in addition to using key words. Biblio-File
is menu driven and easy to use and uses B-tree indexes for extremely fast
retrieval of data. Duplicate references within one subject may be deleted;
citations can be numbered when output to file or printer.


JEPRS 2.57
   Miranda, Louis M. ASP
   $44
   #27305/1782
is a bibliographic database system for writers and scientists. The specialized
database system used to store, retrieve, format, and search for references to
scientific literature.You can even add and search for non-English characters.

JEPRS's formatting capabilities are such that citations can be output
according to the formats required by virtually any journal. It can read and
write standard Medline format files and directly export your files in word
processor formats and in Comma Delimited format. WordPerfect 5.0/5.1 and
PC-Write 3.0 files are supported. Sorting is fast, and you can sort by author,
year, or journal.


Bibl/Net 4.02
   Grotophorst, Clyde W.
   $150
   #4316
keeps track of books and articles. This version is for use on Novell Netware.
Features include support for up to 50 simultaneous users, full Novell locking,
six levels of security, support for multiple databases, mouse-support, five
indexes maintained in a single file, keyword indexing, ability to store each
user's home directory, bibliographies in several forms, a wide variety of lists,
ASCII file viewer, Boolean searches, ability to view reports on screen and or
send to disk, shell to DOS, global find and replace, and more.


Biblogic
   Biblogic Computer Services
   $47
   #27790/4474 [2 disks]
is a bibliographic database program. It can generate selected reference lists in
many different formats. Comments on a particular concept may be selectively
combined into a single document for further word processing. The program is
menu-driven and has easy to fill-in fields. Hard disk and 640k required.


MAG RakDb
   SOFTreat
   $39
   #4236
lets you maintain a database of magazine articles. Articles can be cataloged by
Magazine, Issue Date, Article Title, Page Number, Author and Category. Other
features include built-in text editor, filtered search facilities, user-defined
categories, selective indexes summary and detailed reports, and more. It can
also be used to catalog any text file up to 32K obtained from scanned OCR, etc.
Requires a hard drive.


AnyWord
   Balkan, Eric
   $35
   #27479/1238
is a general text indexing and retrieval program similar to ZyIndex and Memory
Mate. Anyword creates an index of a text file much like the index of a book.
Then the next time you want to quickly locate information, Anyword uses the
index to do so. Programs limits are about 1 million characters of text spread
over up to 254 files. Anyword will search on either a word or a combination of
words. It allows Boolean operators in the search (AND - OR - NOT). It allows
wild cards in the target word(s). Anyword is not a quick and dirty word-search
utility. If you just want to search a bunch of files for some specific text,
you can use something like FGREP. Anyword is a powerful, multi-featured text
retrieval system.


Concord and Indexer
   $?
   #27479/0760
are used to generate an index for a document. CONCORD will tabulate up to 1500
words, from 3 to 20 characters each, and will list the number of times each
word appears in the text. The resultant word list is alphabetized and output
to a file. INDEXER reads the word list, and compares every word on the list to
the lines of your manuscript. It contains provisions for multiple occurrences
of any of the words on a single page, or it will, at your option, ignore all
occurrences except the first on each page. This may be very useful in
preparing the text itself, because the writer can see where and how often a
certain word or term is used.

The INDEXER program will accept up to a maximum of 1000 words (which seems a
little odd since CONCORD will generate a 1500-word list) and will record up to
12 page numbers on which those words occur. The user should of course select
only the important words of a text, which usually occur far less times than
the maximum count.


PC-Index
   Help Software
   $48
   #27479/1838
will produce an index for a text file. PCI is fast, menu-driven and easy to
use. PCI will produce an index on every word in a document, or you can control
which words will be included or discarded. It can handle any size file.
Features include the ability to use a wildcard character for searches; support
for several word processors such as WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Multimate,
Wordstar, and Wordstar 2000; increased size of word lists; up to four columns
in the index; an option to extract only capitalized words; no-case conversion;
and an option to turn indexing on and off within a document. Requires 384k DOS
RAM.


dtSearch 2.01
   DT Software, Inc. ASP
   $104
   #27479/3254 [2 disks]
performs both indexed and unindexed searches on DOS text files and documents
created with WordPerfect and Multimate Advantage II. It can perform boolean,
proximity, phrase, and field/segment searches, and will search macros. Other
features include date searches; filename searches; network support;
applications menu and launch feature; index verify and rebuild; word list
generation; and a DOS shell. Requires 384K, a hard disk, and DOS 3.2+.


Find-X
   Forrester, John
   $20
   #27478/1587
finds all the items in a cataloged collection that match the description that
you want to look for.  The items in the collection may be anything at all, but
the Find-X Universal Cataloging System is particularly useful for items whose
characteristics you cannot identify by casual inspection, such as photographic
slides, photographs or documents in files, record collections (particularly
records with several selections), items kept in different places, research
notes, books, etc.


IdeaList
   Sleeter, Michael R. ASP
   $39
   #27478/2794
is a database program for storing and displaying information, such as recipes,
coin collection data, or just ideas. The main selling point of this program is
its very attractive graphical interface (EGA required). It also includes an
interesting set of inspirational quotes. Other features include a file manager
module and comprehensive help screens.


Information Please
   TexaSoft ASP
   $53
   #27478/2618
is a free-form database program that allows you to store and retrieve
information of any type. You can look up entries by number or by any
combination of words or phrases. An interesting feature is the ability
to integrate graphics. For example, the sample database about state
parks lets you read multiple screens of information, and prompts you to
press a function key to bring up a graphic illustration. As a side note,
users should find the included database about problems in DOS to be very
helpful. Requires 320k.


PC_Text_Is
   Terrific Software Co.
   $35
   #27630/3990 [2 disks]
is a text file indexing and retrieval program. Use it for a library catalog
system, indexing program source code or in any business process that produces
documents. It features wild-card support, field searches, proximity searches,
Boolean searches, and set logic searches. Requires a hard disk.


TOM
   PolySoft ASP
   $45-$60
   #27630/4165
is a free-form text retrieval program. It features pull-down menus and windows,
and has a built-in full screen editor for easy file editing. It indexes every
word in your files for fast access. You can search for words numbers, dates,
phrases, etc, and search conditions can be formulated using logical operators
and delimiters and wildcards. 500K of disk space is required.


Profile
   Raesly, Lee ASP
   $50
   #27156/1106 [2 disks]
is a powerful freeform database program that will sort, search and produce
reports, labels, mail merge file and bulk mail. Features include header and
footers allowed; reports support word wrap and numeric formatting; subtotal by
multiple fields; three-line column headings; variable column spacing; lookup
and calculated fields; added data entry rules; database size allows up to 2+
billion records, support for up to 10 index fields, support for multi-index
browse, a Dialer function; support for NEBS Computer Forms; the ability to
link multiple databases to one data entry Form through the use of Lookup
Fields; and the ability to create a calculated field in a form. It also lets
you define data entry rules for the fields in form. The record size is 5,000
bytes per record, and the database has 250 fields. You can print a single
record in any label format when adding or editing records.


Memo Master 3.11
   Kacmarcik, John G. Jr.
   $30
   #27651/3432
is a free-form data manager. It is basically designed to let you type in
whatever you want and then search for it when you need it by text or by dates.
A "reminder date" field will cause the program to automatically draw your
attention to an entry on a specified date. Multiple databases are allowed.


Trilogy
   Ball, B. J.
   $0
   #27651/1264
is basically a database program for paragraphs of information. However, Mr.
Ball says the program was initially developed as an aid to authors who, during
the preliminary stages of writing a book, may accumulate several hundred
individual notes dealing with particular aspects of the general subject to be
written about. This program enables you to quickly and easily call up all
related notes when needed. Trilogy is menu-driven, easy to use, and comes with
thorough on-disk documentation as well as the BASIC source code.


UNo - Useful Notes
   Useful Software
   $20
   #27651/3727
lets you keep notes similar to the scraps of paper spread around your desk. But
with UNo, cleaning up your desk and finding that note you know is there
somewhere is a lot easier.

UNo lets you search on a description. It also lets link notes to other notes, to
files, to DOS commands, or to programs to be run. UNo can be run from the
command line or as a 50-70k TSR. Notes can be copied, moved, sized, ordered, and
locked. Features include file importing, cut and paste, word wrap, smart
indention and other word processing features.

(Test Notes: The docs say that note size is limited only by available memory,
but we could not import a single 100k file without getting an out-of-memory
message. The docs also say that UNo supports 43/50-line displays, but it does
not, which we confirmed with the author. These comments are meant to clarify,
not to detract from, an excellent program.)


KeyPunch System
   Charpentier, Peter ASP
   $85
   #20172/4410
facilitates the keyboard entering of large amounts of data into the computer.
You define the data structure. Numerous features are included to verify data and
to make entering data easier and more efficient. Resulting data files may be
restructured into formats for importing into or processing by other programs.

Typical uses of this program is to keypunch to disk survey results, mailing
lists, membership rolls, etc.


PunchJr
   Pros & Cons, Inc.
   $25-$50
   #20172/2419
is a general purpose data entry program. Some programs in the PsL, such as data
plotting, statistics, label printing and others, will work on data files that
you are supposed to have created with another program. Normally, any word
processor or text editor can be used, but PunchJr has been optimized for such
tasks. It features automatic save, context-sensitive help, redefinable keyboard,
easy menu operation, operator statistics, automatic range checking, automatic
jumps, a variety of output formats, and the ability to resequence data for
output.


Memolux 1.05 [MEMOLUX] (11-93 CD)
   A-T Technology
   $34
   #12592
is an information manager that lets you input information to your hard
drive or floppy disk and retrieve it almost instantly. It includes a
built-in word processor, pop-up calculator, scheduling calendar, report
generator and more.


Norman
   Robichaux, Joey & Mann, Chip ASP
   $29
   #4164
is a database to manage citations, references, footnotes, notes, etc. It has
fast query capabilities. References can be defined by publication, page, volume
ID, publication date, publication type, brief description, and a free-form
detailed comments field. Requires a hard disk.


Shoe Box 2.1 [SHOEBOX] (08-93 CD)
   Frederick L. Coombs, Inc.
   $32
   #12385
is an all purpose database program. You can keep track of information on
anything such as birthdays, credit cards, and home or business
inventory. Any information put into this program can be displayed,
changed or printed at will.


SSQL 3.1b
   Silvaware
   $38
   #1510
is a standard method to query (extract data from) a relational database and do
other operations to maintain relational databases. SSQL provides the most
flexible approach to extracting data from a database. It has dBase compatible
files, and up to 500 characters are allowed for row widths. A report and forms
generator are also provided. Because of the complexity of writing an SQL
program, commercial versions, while somewhat more powerful than this one, are
also very much more expensive. At the least, SSQL is a good learning and
training tool for SQL.


Ticker
   Management Systems Group
   $15
   #4794
displays short text items selected from a database. A sampler database
of jokes is provided, but you can create your own databases with any
kind of text you choose, such as messages or trivia. All items in a
database are categorized. Databases can be restricted so that only items
from a certain category are displayed.


WordCruncher Share
   Johnston & Company
   $20
   #27697/4074 [2 disks]
is a text indexing and retrieval program that allows you to construct an
electronic book for distributing. Every word is catalogued and alphabetically
sorted into an index which allows you to use sophisticated search combinations
including words, phrases, boolean connectors, and proximity.

Documents can be indexed in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and
Arabic. Windows display references with as much surrounding text as needed.
Requires 640K and a hard disk.

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