Cds Isis Intro Huridocs
- 1. CDS/ISIS for Windows: Indep & Serial databases Introduction System overview CDS/ISIS basic functions: Open data base Browse data base / search results Search menu and windows Search language Basic printing features Data entry
- 2. Introduction The CDS/ISIS software has been developed by UNESCO for library purposes and is continuously updated and modernised It is cheap, simple and practical but not always user-friendly It is perfectly suitable for data exchange and has interfaces in multiple languages Service is available through national distributors
- 3. The CDS/ISIS data base Unit of information Title: Author: Date of publication: Publisher: Record Fields & subfields Tags
- 4. System functions Define data bases containing required elements Enter new records Modify, correct or delete existing records Maximise retrieval speed (by access files) Retrieve records by their contents Display records in desired forms Sort retrieved records before printing Print catalogues or indexes Develop specialised applications
- 5. Data base structure Data base definition files: FDT, data entry worksheets, display/print formats, FST Master file Inverted file Any file Relationships between files
- 6. Field definition table Bibliographic level: Recording body: Catalogue signature: Date of entry: Title: Personal author: Corporate author: 10 Alphabetic Non-rep... 20 Alphanumeric Non-r.. 30 Alphanumeric Rep... 40 Numeric Non-repeat. 50 Alphanumeric Rep.... 60 Alphanumeric Rep…. 70 Alphanumeric Rep….
- 8. Field select table (FST) Bibliographic level: Catalogue signature: Date of entry: Title: Personal author: 10 0 mhu,v10/ 30 0 mhu,v30/ 40 0 mhu,”DE=“v40 50 4 mhu,v50|%| 60 0 mhu,v60/