CDS/ISIS

1.	Introduction


-  Introduction to Database Management System (DBMS)

-  Concept regarding Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)

-	Entities of a DBMS: Tuples, Records, Tables, and Entity Relationships

-  Introduction to Bibliographic Database Management System

-	CDS/ISIS as a Bibliographic Database

-  Versions of CDS/ISIS for Dos and Windows

-  General overview of CDS/ISIS




2.	Installation and download 

- Folder Structure

- System parameter file

- Networking CDS/ISIS




3.	Creating database

- Introduction

- Choice of tagging scheme

- Field Definition Table (FDT)

- Data entry worksheet

- Default display format

- Field Selection Table (FST)

- Choice of indexing technique




4.	The Formatting Language

- New functions of the formatting language 

- Numeric functions 

- String functions 

- Use of external formats 

- Referencing other databases 

- Working with format variables 

- Using fonts 

- Fonts and colors definition 

- Character formatting 

- Paragraph formatting 

- Outputting pictures 

- Hypertext links in formats 

- Navigating among records 

- Changing the current display format 

- Printing 

- Executing external programs




5.	Data Entry 

- Data validation

- Editing, creating, deleting records




6.	Searching 

- Query formulation 

- Expert search interface 

- Guided search interface 

- Displaying search results 

- Standard mode

- Tabular mode 

- Explanation of query formulation rules 

- Highlighting of retrieved terms 

- Using the dictionary window 

- Customization of the dictionary display




7.	Sorting and Printing 

- Printing using clipboard

- Printing and sorting facilities - preliminaries

- Presentation, margins, layout, sorting

- Saving print specification




8.	Exporting, importing and backing up databases