Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: "J. Monahan" Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Data Access/CD-ROM Date: 7 Apr 1994 18:54:04 +0300 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: Reply-To: "J. Monahan" NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-Path: <@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU:cia002@BLUE.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU> Comments: To: Rob Atkinson Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list CDROM-L To: CDROM-L Redistribution In-Reply-To: <199404071530.KAA113795@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> I have a friend who has developed what seems to me to be a powerful data access program. My problem is that I'm not very familiar with current levels of cd data access programs, so I need the opinions of those more knowledgable then myself. His program allows the user to take the information gathered from a key word search into a separate program that automatically sorts the data by subject, author, periodical, etc. Windows open with corrosponding buttons for these headings. If you want to see the periodicals gathered from the search you click on the corrosponding button. In a separate window all the articles in the given journal appear. Clicking on any of these articles either brings up the full reference, or marks for downloading, printing or whatever. The program has been adapted for all sorts of data: Wilson, Biological Abstracts, GIS and water resource CDs as well as graphical data bases. Does this seem typical of the software loaded on data CDs? If there is some potential in a program of this sort, what would be the most important elements to continue to develop. Right now its very fast and a person can spend 5 minutes with a CD, download the data to a disk and review it back in there office or at home. Any opinions, suggestions, comments would be very much appreciated. Joe Monahan University of Iowa Iowa City, IA