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Buxton, Andrew and Hopkinson, Alan (2001) CDS/ISIS for Windows handbook. Manual.
UNESCO, Paris. . [Monograph]
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The
CDS/ISIS
for Windows
Handbook
Andrew Buxton
Alan Hopkinson
THE CDS/ISIS
FOR WINDOWS
Handbook
Andrew Buxton
Information Systems Manager
Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
and
Alan Hopkinson
Head of Library Systems
Middlesex University
Paris, UNESCO/CI, September 2001
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Aims of this handbook
Conventions used in this book
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Versions of CDS/ISIS for DOS and Windows
1.1.1 CDS/ISIS for DOS
1.1.2 CDS/ISIS for Windows
1.1.3 WWWISIS
1.1.4 JavaISIS
1.1.5 Other versions
1.2 General overview of CDS/ISIS for Windows
1.3 Record structure and record linking
1.4 The Windows version: the main menu
1.5 Availability of CDS/ISIS
1.6 Software contributed by users
1.7 User groups
1.8 Exchange formats
2 Overview of Windows 13
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Disk drives
2.3 The mouse
2.4 Files and file names
2.5 Folders
2.6 Features of Windows
2.6.1 The Window Bar
2.6.2 The Task Bar
2.6.3 Tabs
2.6.4 Other features of the bar
2.6.5 Menu Bar
2.6.6 Toolbar
2.7 Dialog boxes
2.7.1 Text entry box
2.7.2 List box
2.7.3 Combo box
2.7.4 Command buttons
2.7.5 Radio buttons
2.7.6 Spin box
2.7.7 Check box
2.8 You need to know!...
2.8.1 Logging on
2.8.2 The Desktop
2.8.3 The Start button
2.8.4 The Programs option
2.8.5 The Run option
2.8.6 Find
2.9 Working with files and folders
2.9.1 Finding files: Find
2.9.2 Finding files and folders: Explorer
2.9.3 Displaying the contents of a file
2.9.4 Copying files
2.9.5 Moving files
2.9.6 Deleting files
2.9.7 Recovering a file from the ’recycle bin’
2.9.8 Editing text files
2.10 Switching off your computer
3 Installation 25
3.1 Folder structure
3.2 System parameter file, syspar.par
3.3 Loading the package
3.4 Networking CDS/ISIS
3.4.1 Installation on a network
3.4.2 Search only configuration
3.4.3 Databases or records locked in error
3.5 Importing database structures from other installations
4 Creating a database 34
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Choice of tagging scheme
4.3 Field Definition Table (FDT)
4.4 Data entry worksheet
4.5 Default display format
4.6 Field Selection Table (FST)
4.7 Stopword list
4.8 Choice of indexing technique
4.9 Database parameter file (par file)
4.10 Database exp file
5 The formatting language 49
5.1 Field, subfield and occurrence selectors
5.2 Modes
5.3 Layout
5.4 Literals
5.5 Repeatable groups
5.6 Windows features
5.6.1 Font table
5.6.2 Colours table
5.6.3 Fonts size
5.6.4 Bold, italic and underline
5.6.5 Paragraph formatting
5.7 Displaying pictures
5.8 Conditionals
5.9 REF and L
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5.10 Hypertext
5.10.1 OPENFILE
5.10.2 cmd
5.10.3 Textboxes
6 Data entry 63
6.1 Editing records
6.1.1 Overview of the edit function
6.1.2 Using the keys
6.1.3 Adding fields
6.1.4 Deleting a field
6.1.5 Validation
6.1.6 Moving to another field or record
6.2 To create a new record
6.3 Editing a range of records
6.4 Deleting records -- logically and physically
6.5 Default values
6.6 Browsing the database
6.7 Updating the inverted file
7 Searching 69
7.1 The two search forms
7.1.1 Guided search
7.1.2 Expert search
7.2 Displaying search results
7.2.1 Browse function
7.2.2 Highlighting of retrieved terms
7.2.3 Display format
7.2.4 Marking records
7.3 Dictionary display
7.4 Truncation
7.5 Logical operators
7.6 ANY files
7.7 Proximity operators
7.8 Brackets
7.9 Field identifier
7.10 Free-text searching
7.11 Saving searches
8 Sorting and printing 87
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Printing using the Clipboard
8.3 Printing and sorting facilities - preliminaries
8.4 General
8.5 Presentation
8.6 Margins
8.7 Layout
8.8 Sorting
8.9 Saving your print specification
8.10 Printing catalogue cards
8.11 Printing labels
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9 Exporting, importing and backing up databases 107
9.1 ISO 2709 structure
9.2 Exporting in ISO 2709 format
9.3 Importing an ISO 2709 file
9.4 Importing from other sources
9.5 Exporting to other database packages
9.6 Sorting a database
9.7 Backing up and restoring a database
10 Modifying a database 119
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Modifying the Field Definition Table
10.3 Modifying the worksheet or creating a new one
10.4 Modifying the Field Selection Table
10.5 Modifying or adding print formats
10.6 Modifying the data
10.6.1 Global Add (Range)
10.6.2 Global Delete (Range)
10.6.3 Global Replace
10.6.4 Global Add (Search)
10.6.5 Global Delete (Search)
10.7 Modification by exporting and importing
10.8 Compacting the database
10.9 Recovering a corrupted database
10.9.1 The program mstrcv1
10.9.2 Other methods
11 Programming with CDS/ISIS 130
11.1 Introduction
11.2 ISIS Pascal
11.2.1 Compiling and running programs
11.2.2 Sample programs
11.3 Extended formatting language
11.4 Sources of programs
12 Customizing the package 137
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Customizing the menus
12.3 Customizing the messages
12.4 Adding a language
12.5 Changing the look of the screens
12.5.1 Changing record displays
12.5.2 Changing print format display
12.5.3 Changing data entry screens
12.5.4 Changing other screens
12.6 Tailoring worksheets
12.7 Changing the system parameters
12.7.1 System language
12.7.2 Starting up in a database
12.7.3 Limiting access to databases
12.8 Controlling access to editing
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13 Applications 145
13.1 Numerical applications
13.2 Standard formats
13.3 Sample UNIMARC database
13.4 Directory database
13.5 Library housekeeping systems
13.6 Publishing data on the web
14 Further information and useful addresses 155
14.1 Further reading
14.1.1 Database definitions and sample databases
14.1.2 CDS/ISIS Manuals
14.1.3 Journal articles
14.2 Publishing CDS/ISIS databases
14.2.1 CD-ROM
14.2.2 CDS/ISIS databases on the web
14.3 Extended roman and non-roman scripts
14.4 Useful addresses
14.4.1 UNESCO partners in CDS/ISIS
Index 159