I use it myself for snippets of information.
Wimbledon Museum use it on an ageing 286 (in the DOS version) for a
simple database. There are a number of interesting areas - like dates
from pre 1900 and the fact that you need to pad an accession number with
leading zeros to get it to sort and that sorting into an order (eg
accession number) takes forever for large numbers of records.
However, as you say, it is a good and flexible text retrieval package.
In article <[log in to unmask]>, Martin Taureg
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>While I've only been on this list for some weeks now, I've noticed postings
>regarding database software for museums coming up every now and then. So I
>suppose it's an on-going thread.
>
>I would like to know whether there is anybody on this list having used a
>British information management software called IDEALIST for museum purposes.
>
>So far, I have only used it to manage addresses and bibliographic
>references, but it seems to be a quite powerful mix of database and text
>retrieval capabilities.
>
>Some features I find useful are:
>- A database may have records with differing field structure.
>- A record may include several occurences of the same field.
>- Records can hold several pages of text.
>- You can search the entire database, or just particular fields.
>
>IDEALIST has been developed by Blackwell Science Ltd, a publisher in Oxford
> (http://www.blacksci.co.uk); product info at
>http://www.blackwell-science.com/PRODUCTS/IDEALIST/ABOUTIDE.HTM), and is
>distributed by BEKON (e-mail: [log in to unmask]), a company in
>Stockport, Cheshire. There are 16-bit and 32-bit Windows versions; there
>used to be a version for the Mac, as well, but I am not sure if it's still
>available.
>
>
>Martin Taureg
>Photo Archives Programme Coordinator /
>Coordinateur du Programme des Archives Photographiques
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