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- BOOK AND MAGAZINE CATALOGING
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- This format is designed for both people who have only a few books
- in their home and for the professional, as a research tool. You
- to catalog your library so that you can locate a book, or article
- in a magazine, by any one of up to 21 characteristics. For
- example, you can get a list of all the science fiction stories by
- John Campbell or all the books with recipes for chocolate chip
- cookies.
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- Another nice feature of this format is that it can be used with
- books, magazines, newspapers, technical papers or almost any
- other published material. Entries can be made for individual
- articles or chapters, allowing you to list the unique information
- each contains.
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- The catalog name for this format is: BOOKS
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- The following is a description of the predefined fields supplied
- in the book cataloging format. You are not limited to these
- lines, however. The software is very flexible. You can enter
- anything on any line, and the software will still be able to
- conduct correct searches and sorts.
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- Title - The name of the book, article, or paper.
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- Author - The name of the author.
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- Subject - A key word(s) that describes the subject of the book or
- article. You can enter either single words or a phrase to
- describe the subject.
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- Some people like to use just single-words here. These are called
- "key words." You can put several keywords on this line and the
- sequential searches will find any of them, without regard to
- where it is positioned on the line. Another option is to enter a
- single keyword, save the entry and then use the F3 key to repeat
- the previous entry and make a separate entry for each keyword.
- Using this approach you can get an alphabetical listing by
- subject (keyword), for every keyword.
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- For example, you might have a book about music for which you want
- to this the following subjects (keywords): 1960's, ROLLING
- STONES, BEATLES, TOP 40. These can all be placed on a single
- SUBJECT line and a search can find "1960's" or "TOP 40".
- However, if you'd like to get an alphabetical listing by subject,
- you would need to make four separate entries. Type all the
- information about the book and put just "1960's" on the SUBJECT
- line. Save that entry and then copy that information to the next
- entry. Change "1960's" to "ROLLING STONES" (everything else
- stays the same) and save the second entry. Do the same thing for
- the last two subjects (key words).
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- Catalog Number - This is the number you use to locate the book or
- article. It can be a shelf number or an abbreviation that gives
- the name and date of the publication in which the article can be
- found. You can use the Dewey Decimal System, Library of Congress
- numbers, or your own personal numbering system.
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- Note - This line is provided for miscellaneous information. You
- can enter an abbreviation for the type of entry (such as
- magazine, newspaper, paperback, book chapter, etc...), or
- describe the condition of the book, or enter any other
- information you feel is useful.
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- Value - Enter the current value of the book. This information is
- useful for insurance purposes.
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- Always use the same number of digits when entering values. If
- the value of items in your collection ranges from $1 to $1000,
- then the $1 items should have their values entered as 0001, which
- uses the same number of digits as 1000. If you need to include
- cents in some entries, such as in $1.50, but not in others, you
- do not need to type ".00". Digits to the right of the decimal
- point, while significant in determining the value of an item, do
- not affect how a computer sorts values.
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- Subtopic-1 - Use this, and the next line, for addition
- information about the subjects covered by this book or magazine.
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- Subtopic-2 - Additional information about the subject(s) covered.
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- Other - As you did on the NOTE line, you can enter whatever
- information you feel is useful. You may enter the publisher,
- name of the editor, or the color of the cover. Whatever is
- important to you. You should, however, be consistent so that
- you'll be able to remember what you're using this line for when
- you make other entries.
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- Type - Use this line to classify entries by type. The
- classifications you use will depend on your requirements. You
- can classify entries by use (text book, technical, pleasure,
- etc...), by type of cover (hard cover or paperback), by format
- (book, magazine, newspaper etc...); or any other classification.
- You can put multiple classifications on this line. For example,
- an entry might be "TECH/MAG" - technical magazine.
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- Date - You can use this line for the copyright date or for the
- date that you found some specific information in the book. It
- could also be used for the date of purchase.
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- Location - Enter a description of where the book is located; for
- example, your office, home library, bedroom, city library (you
- don't need to own the book to keep track of it), etc.
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- Note-1,2,3 - The next three lines provide space for your notes.
- If needed, you can make an entry for each chapter of a book and
- keep notes on each chapter here. These notes can then be
- searched for specific information.
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- Publisher - The name of the publisher.
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- Address - The publisher's address.
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- Copyright - Copyright date.
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- Number of Pages - The number of pages in the book, article, or
- chapter.
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- ISBN - ISBN number (if available).
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- Edition - The edition number.
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- Keep in mind that you can change any of these lines to catalog
- any other information. For example, you can retitle the OTHER
- line as CONDITION to keep track of the condition of your books.
- You the NOTE lines can be changed to keep track of the name and
- address of the person who has borrowed the book.