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Subject: Locally-Mounted Databases
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Date: 16 Jan 90 20:05:37 GMT
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Has anyone loaded any citation databases other than ERIC and MEDLINE
into SPIRES?  How difficult is it to load a new citation database?

At various times I've talked with librarians who were investigating
mainframe text management database systems as a way of loading citation
or full-text databases (e.g., Data Retrieval's TextDBMS), but I've not
heard of anyone actually doing it.  Has anyone done it?  Have you
investigated it and decided not to do it (why?).

Is anyone using software other than BRS/SEARCH, SPIRES, or a text DBMS for
locally-mounted library databases?

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