You may want to hire a college or high school student to build an Microsoft Access database. Though some may disagree with my advice, most of the kids I've run into ahve learned how to make these things in school. They may also become more appreciative of the hard work in keeping up with one aspect of a museum. Good luck, Laura West -----Original Message----- From: Curator Fort Morgan Museum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 4:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: searchable databases Hi, I have a volunteer (may they ever be blessed) who is indexing our local newspaper- we want to take her notebook of information and put it in a searchable database- here's the problem- I don't have a clue how to do this- does anyone have suggestions for a database that doesn't require much knowledge on our part (the volunteer is older and not too computer literate) and can be searched by researchers but blocked in some way so they can't edit what's on the screen thanks Nikkie Nikkie Cooper, Curator Fort Morgan Museum P.O. Box 184 Fort Morgan, CO 80701 970-867-6331 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).