Database design, and information storage and retrieval

ICT for Library and Information Professionals: A Training Package for Developing Countries
#3 + #4
This will give you all the records with “ADULT EDUCATION” and “TEACHING”
#3 + #4
This will give you all the records with “ADULT EDUCATION” not “TEACHING”
3 ANY files
This can be used to save a set of terms which will be used together repeatedly For
example, if you want to search for Asian countries, each time you might need to
enter the names of individual countries like Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, etc. To avoid
this you can enter:
Search expression:
Any Asia
Any file has to be created separately using a text editor or notepad. The format of any
file is given below.
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
ANY ASIA
INDIA
BANGLADESH
SRI LANKA
CEYLON
NEPAL
CHINA
JAPAN
PAKISTAN
4 PROXIMITY Is useful to search for adjacent words in a text. This is normally used
when indexing technique 4 (word by word) is used in the title field. For example, If you
have to do a search for “PROGRAMMED LEARNING” in the title you might search for:
Programmed * learning
This will retrieve all the records having these two terms one immediately followed by the
other in any field. To be more specific, you can specify that the words must be found
only when they occur next to each other and in the same field (or the same occurrence
of the field if it is a repeatable field) by using (F) or (G) instead of *
Search expression:
Programmed (F) learning
Programmed (G) learning
Both (F) & (G) are equivalent in non-repeatable fields.
To be more specific, the full stop “.” can be used to search for adjacent terms
Search expression:
program$ . learn$
Module 4: Database Design, and Information Storage and Retrieval: Annex 02
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