Information Technology For The Social Scientist by Ray Lee University of London

Author:Ray Lee University of London. [London., Ray Lee University of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781134218219
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2014-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

Card indexes

Card indexes are a common cellulose-based information technology (CBIT) for storing and accessing a variety of kinds of data in the field. Among the advantages of card indexes in the field are flexibility in inserting new material, and the option of sorting the cards into different orders for different purposes. Card indexes are particularly easy to implement using conventional computer programs. The type of program you should use depends on the kind of information, and how it is structured on the card equivalent.

To simply replicate the function and operation of a manual card index on a computer is very simple; you can enter the information using a basic text or wordprocessor, and use the “Find” operation of the editor to locate sections of the document by doing a word search, and, if desired, copy selected material into another document. This has the advantage of using a basic tool for two purposes, entry and retrieval, and permitting you to lay the information out in any way that you like that is compatible with the wordprocessor or text editor. Given that the more recent word-processors have the capability to store and display high quality images, and even video and sound, this can be a flexible structure indeed. However, there are severe constraints if your document becomes too large (and thus computer operation too slow) or if you want to process the information further.

If you want to automate storing the results of a word search, most text based computers have at least one program which will accept textual keyword(s) and search through your text file created using a text editor, displaying on the screen or printer, or storing in another text file, the lines in the source file which contain the keyword(s). If your card index is simple in structure, word lists or simple inventories, this may be adequate. If a single line is not adequate to represent the contents of your card index application, there are other programs which will work with larger sections, separated by some distinctive marker you type in after each entry. If you have stored the output of these searches in a new file, other programs can be used to count the number of lines or to sort these files into new orders.

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