The CDS/ISIS is a widely used bibliographic data management software. Developed by the Unesco, it is popular, not only in India but in many European, African, Asian and Latin American countries. CDS/ISIS can be effectively used for management of any structured textual data such aas patient records, records pertaining to institutions, projects, records. CDS/ISIS is taught in a large number of library and information science schools and has been the subject of several wokshops and training programmesand refresher course for professionals in this field. This book is intended to be a do-it yurself manual for the student and the professional in the field wih little or no knowledge of this software.It presents, in a simple and lucid manner, the various steps to be followed in creating and maintaining from the database. The simple and easy to understand illustrations usd throughout the volume to explain the different processes make the book a must for the user of this software.
Foresord
1.Introduction
2. Installation of CDS/ISIS
3.CDS/ISIS:General Aspects
4. Database Creation and Data Entry
5. Indexing Services and Techniques(ISISNV)
6.Farmatting Language
7.Information Retrieval
8. Sorting and Printing (ISISPRT)
9.Data Exchhnge Services (ISISXCH)
10 Backup Services (ISISXCH and ISISINV)
11. System Utility Services (ISISUTL)
12. PASCAL Interface (ISISPAS)
13.Evaluation of CDS/ISIS
Appendix
Index
Dr. Sanjeevi AMBA (S. AMBA) has more than 25 years of experiece in library and information work. she is an associate of the Documentation, Research and Training Centre, Bangalore and has obtained the Ed. S. (Librarianship) and the Ph.D. degree from the University Alabama, USA. Dr. Amba is the recipient of the faculty Scholar Award of the School of Library and Information Science, university of Albama. Her research interests include information retrieval, applications of computer in library and information science activities, patent, information and management of special libraries and information centres. Dr. Amba has more than 30 papers in national and international periodicals and seminars and conferences and has served as a resource person in workshops on CDS/ISIS. Dr. Amba is presently an Assistant Director, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai.
Dr. K. S.Raghavan has over 25 years of experience as a teacher of Library and Information Science. He obtained his Masters Degree from University of Delhi and his Ph.D. form the University of Mysore. Dr. Raghavan is a recipient of the Fulbright Senior Fellowship and was affiliated to the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of California at Los Angeles, USA. He was elected as a corresoponding member of the IFLA section on Classification and Indexing (1992-1997) and has served as a mimber of the U. G. C. Panel on Library and Information Science. He has also served as a member of several expert committees. Dr. Raghavan's research interests include Classification and Indexing, Information Retrieval and Multilingual Database. Dr. Raghavan has edited six volumes and has more than 50 papers to his credit. Presently, Dr. Raghavan is Professor and Head, Departmant of Library and Information Science, University of Madras, Chennai.
