[WEB4LIB] Re: Cataloging computer files

[Maria Vagianos]

Thanks everybody for your input!  

On 4/20/05, David P. Moore <mooredp at email.uah.edu> wrote:
> Copernic is free and can handle network drives.
> 
> David P. Moore
> Electronic Resources/Business Librarian
> M. Louis Salmon Library
> University of Alabama in Huntsville
> Huntsville, AL 35899
> 256-824-6285
> FAX: 256-824-6083
> david.moore at uah.edu
> http://www.uah.edu/library
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Beccaria
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:35 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Cataloging computer files
> 
> Google desktop searches all local drives. It will not work on network
> drives. Of course, Google does sell a product that does this.
> 
> Mike
> 
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Robin Boulton [mailto:rboulton at linc.lib.il.us]
>         Sent: Wed 4/20/2005 12:27 PM
>         To: Multiple recipients of list
>         Cc:
>         Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Cataloging computer files
> 
>         There is a commercial alternative also: for years I have used
> dtSearch, a
>         full-text indexing program (in fact I first came across it as DOS
> shareware
>         in about 1988). It takes a long time to build an index but it's
> blazingly
>         fast on searches. I mention it because it works well across multiple
> network
>         drives which I don't know if Google or Microsoft desktop engines
> will do (I
>         had the impression that they would only search a C: drive, not D:
> thru Z: -
>         might be totally wrong about that).
> 
>         > -----Original Message-----
>         > From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
>         > On Behalf Of Chris Hirt
>         > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:58 AM
>         > To: Multiple recipients of list
>         > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Cataloging computer files
>         >
>         > Maria,
>         >
>         > Have you tried Google Desktop Search? http://desktop.google.com/
>         >
>         > It might be what you're looking for.
>         >
>         > Chris Hirt
>         > Library Systems Programmer
>         > Calvin College - Grand Rapids, MI
>         >
>         > >>> Maria Vagianos <mvagianoslib at gmail.com> 04/20/05 9:52 AM >>>
>         > Hi all,
>         >
>         > I need to figure out a way to catalog all data files on our
> computer
>         > drives, and index them in such a way that all staff can later find
>         > computer files easily when they do research.  Problem is, we have
> so
>         > much data stored all over these drives, that it is very hard to
> find
>         > anything when we really need it.  Consequently, if files aren't
> named,
>         > saved and indexed in an organized way, then  the information is
>         > effectively lost to the researcher.
>         >
>         > Is there a program you can suggest tthat can help me do this?
>         >
>         > Thanks for your help!
>         > Maria
>         >
> 
>