[WEB4LIB] Indexing a Local Newspaper Index on the Web

[Brian Westra]

Tony, please take a look at our local newspaper index:
http://fusion.lib.montana.edu/newspapers/

I used MS Access (rebuilding and/or cleaning up data from text files
and DBase files through queries, etc.) to build the database, and for
data entry. Since the database is quite large now, it's dumped into MySQL
with each month's additions. ColdFusion (with Verity) serves it to the
Web. Presently it's not on a full-fledged server, so the performance isn't
always that great. It's a major improvement over the previous version,
particularly the access to a thesaurus, and hyperlinked subject headings;
using forms in Access for data entry has also improved that end of things
as well.


Brian Westra
Assistant Professor/Reference Librarian            westra at montana.edu
Montana State University Libraries                 (406)994-5298
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT 59717-3320


On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Tony New wrote:

> We have just begun a project to index our local newspaper.  Our 
> plan is to create an database of the information and link it or 
> publish it so that it is searchable on or from our web site.
> 
> I know that this is possible using MS Access and FrontPage (both 
> of which we already have).  I have only just begun to read up on 
> *how* to actually do it however.  <smile>  Before I get too far into 
> the nuts & bolts I thought I'd check and see if anyone else has 
> undertaken a similar project.
> 
> Is anyone maintaining a dynamically searchable database on their 
> website?  What program(s) are you using to create/maintain the 
> database?
> 
> Any comments or suggestions?  Thanks in advance!
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Tony W. New, Systems/Technical Services Librarian
> Rowlett Public Library, P.O. Box 1017, Rowlett, TX 75030-1017
> Phone: 972-412-6155, Fax: 972-412-6153
> email: libtwn at rowlett.lib.tx.us, web: http://www.rowlett.lib.tx.us
>