Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Installation of CDS/ISIS. 3. CDS/ISIS: general aspects. 4. Database creation and data entry. 5. Indexing services and techniques (ISISINV). 6. Farmatting language. 7. Information retrieval. 8. Sorting and printing (ISISPRT). 9. Data exchange services (ISISIXCH). 10. Backup services (ISISXCH and ISISINV). 11. System utility services (ISISUTL). 12. PASCAL interface (ISISPAS). 13. Evaluation of CDS/ISIS. Appendix. Index.

"The CDS/ISIS is a widely used bibliographic data management software. Developed by the Unesco, it is popular, not only in India but in many European, African, Asian and Latin American countries. CDS/ISIS can be effectively used for management of any structured textual data such as patient records, records pertaining to institutions, projects, specialists in various fields and other such records.

CDS/ISIS is taught in a large number of library and information science schools and has been the subject of several workshops and training programmes and refresher course for professionals in this field.

"This book is intended to be a do-it-yourself manual for the student and the professional in the field with little or no knowledge of this software. It presents, in a simple and lucid manner, the various steps to be followed in creating and maintaining a database and in retrieving information from the database. The simple and easy to understand illustrations used throughout the volume to explain the different processes make the book a must for the user of this software." (jacket)