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Database design, and information storage and retrieval

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ICT for Library <strong>and</strong> Information Professionals: A Training Package for Developing Countries<br />

Slide 21<br />

Conversion programs<br />

IsisAscii<br />

v Unzip the IsisAscii Setup zip file to a temporary<br />

directory in your hard disk<br />

v The IsisAscii Setup.exe file will install the<br />

necessary components on your system<br />

automatically.<br />

v IsisAscii runs on Windows 95, 98, NT4 <strong>and</strong><br />

Win2000. It does not run on earlier systems.<br />

v The installation program will also install the<br />

UNESCO/BIREME ISIS_DLL, a shared component<br />

which allows to manage CDS/ISIS databases<br />

UNESCO ICTLIP Module 4. Lesson 5<br />

Note<br />

You can follow the instructions in the IsisAscii WORD<br />

document <strong>and</strong> try to convert some records from the ACCESS<br />

database.<br />

First export the ACCESS database to a COMMA DELIMITED<br />

TEXT FILE (*.csv) <strong>and</strong> then import it to the WinISIS<br />

database using IsisAscii.<br />

Tip<br />

Demonstrate how to export data from an ACCESS database<br />

<strong>and</strong> then import it to the WinISIS database.<br />

Activity 04.05.05<br />

Convert data using the conversion programs demonstrated in<br />

this Lesson.<br />

Module 4: <strong>Database</strong> Design, <strong>and</strong> Information Storage <strong>and</strong> Retrieval: Lesson 5 Page 121 of 132

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