[pbs] Bibliography project

J.E. Shields jshields104 at insightbb.com
Fri Oct 24 20:31:46 EDT 2003


I agree with Bob entirely on the subject of database vs. text 
document.  Searching, sorting, cross referencing to genera and even 
species, that all cries out for a relational database -- or a spreadsheet 
with multiple tables.

Jim Shields

At 03:04 PM 10/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>Although it sounds like a good idea, it could be very unwieldy without 
>creating some sort of database. I have a list of references for the Iris 
>encyclopedia I am working on that is over a thousand entries and that is 
>but one genus. The other problem is Floras and such are going to contain 
>many Genera. Would you create a huge list of Genera and species mentioned? 
>It seems one would have to create some sort of guidlines.
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