In this article, the sixth in a series on microcomputer software for information storage and retrieval, test results of nine programs are presented and various properties and qualities of these programs are discussed. We discuss additional programs for information storage and retrieval and for text retrieval from several of the various categories which have been looked at in previous instalments. One new (secondary) type of 1SR software is defined as administrative software. The programs reviewed in this issue are BRS‐Search, dtSearch, InfoBank, Micro‐OPC, Q&A, STN‐PFS, Strix, TINman and ZYindex. All but dtSearch and ZYindex can be regarded as primarily classical retrieval packages; Q&A boasts comprehensive administrative features as well; dtSearch and ZYindex are indexing programs. For ZYindex a new Windows version has been tested. All other programs run under MS‐DOS. For each of the nine programs about 100 facts and test results are tabulated. All the programs are individually discussed as well.
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February 01 1993
Software for information storage and retrieval tested, evaluated and compared Part VI — Various additional programs Available to Purchase
E.G. Sieverts;
E.G. Sieverts
Amsterdam Polytechnic, Department of Library and Information Science, Herengracht 330, NL‐1016 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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M. Hofstede;
M. Hofstede
University Library, Witte Singel 27, NL‐2311 BG Leiden, The Netherlands
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A. Nieuwland;
A. Nieuwland
Foundation for Public Information on Science, Technology and the Humanities, PO Box 171, NL‐3500 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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C. Groeneveld;
C. Groeneveld
Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 1030, NL‐1000 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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B. de Zwart
B. de Zwart
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, PO Box 212,2300 AE Leiden, The Netherlands
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-616X
Print ISSN: 0264-0473
© MCB UP Limited
1993
The Electronic Library (1993) 11 (2): 73–89.
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Sieverts E, Hofstede M, Nieuwland A, Groeneveld C, de Zwart B (1993), "Software for information storage and retrieval tested, evaluated and compared Part VI — Various additional programs". The Electronic Library, Vol. 11 No. 2 pp. 73–89, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045212
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