On 4 Sep 2003 at 15:14, Dolce, Peter J wrote:

>
> Again, we use Mcrosoft Access. With the help of an instruction book and diskette, it took another
> employee and me8-10 hours, starting from scratch, to learn enough to construct a data base that
> includes application and award info, IACUC and IRB histories, subcontracting info and lists of
> faculty publications. We have about $25 million in research grants. Works like a charm, though
> the people entering data need a better understanding of how data bases work than may be
> needed by a proprietary software.

Peter - do you recall which book & CD there are many and some
aren't very good (in my opinion).

Richard

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