Using dBase III for self‐help information services

Abstract

Small, specialized libraries are often unable to provide reference assistance at all hours the library is open. A means was sought to give MBA students guidance in locating standard kinds of management information at hours when librarians are not on duty. For this purpose, a self‐help program was written and installed on an IBM PC which allows users to access frequently‐used sources of information. The program is both a menu‐driven text generator and a database file written first in dBase II, later converted to dBase III+. The program provides the user a hierarchical series of menus from which options are selected to identify sources of specific information of a corporate nature, materials on reserve for class preparation, and items useful for career development. General information regarding the library is also included and serial holdings are now being added.

Citation

Hopson, J.B. and Yeung, J.T. (1989), "Using dBase III for self‐help information services", The Electronic Library, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044858