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Re: indexing periodicals



Christine:  Simmons College Archives uses FileMaker Pro
for its periodicals database.  All college publications are
indexed here, and it's one of the best resources we have!

Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer wrote:

> After spending about a week going through all of the college's
> periodicals in my files to pull out materials appropriate for an
> exhibit I'm doing, I am considering starting an index of the
> periodicals so that in the future I can access things more easily; of
> course, this will have other uses, too.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1) Can anyone recommend (or not recommend) software for this purpose?
> I would like software in which I could index all the periodicals in
> one index, so there would need to be a field where I could enter
> peiodical title as well as date, volumes and issue, and pages.
>
> 2) Does anyone who has done similar projects have any sage words of
> advice for me (aside from "Don't do it! You'll go crazy!)?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
> Special Collections Librarian/Archivist
>
> (note change of address as of May 2000)
> Culinary Institute of America
> 1946 Campus Drive
> Hyde Park, NY  12538
> (914) 451-1757
> c_crawfo@culinary.edu
>
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Claire Goodwin, College Archivist
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