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An Introduction to the Management of Laboratory Data: A Tutorial Approach
using Borland's Paradox Relational Database
Author: C.N. Hegarty
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry; distributed by CRC Press
Copyright: 1992
ISBN: 0-85186-219-5
Price: $220.95 (US dollars)
Page Count: 588 pages
According to a 1994 review in Laboratory Automation & Information magazine,
the book is aimed at laboratory supervisors and managers who have a limited
knowledge of computer programming as an introduction to the use of a relational
database for the management of laboratory data.
Previous programming knowledge is not assumed, and the book contains step-by-step
instructions to design a simple LIMS. For instance, the reader is taken
through the creation of menus to operate the system, log-in screens, work
sheets, manual results entry, verify and approve results, and tables for
monitoring laboratory performance and security.
The book comes with a run time version of the LABIS (Laboratory Information
System) "shareware" software described in it. The user is provided
with a large amount of printed source code in the book but not all of the
functions are available on the companion disk. The package utilizes Borland's
Paradox 3.x, a relational database management system for MS-DOS, and requires
about 3Mb of disk space to load.
According to the review, the book and the software provide a good representation
of LIMS concepts that apply to the real world and are recommended to anyone
interested in how to apply LIMS in their own laboratories. The book is not
an academic treatise but focuses primarily on the practical aspects of LIMS.
Analysts are encouraged to read the book and use the software as it provides
a non-commercial insight into LIMS.
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