SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL SOFTWARE AND TOOLKIT FOR SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA

THE PROPOSED PROJECT RESPONDS TO CURRENT GROWTH OF COMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SHARING OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH DATA. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP TWO PRODUCTS. PRODUCT 1 WILL BE "SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL SOFTWARE FOR TOPICALLY FOCUSSED SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA ARCHIVES". PRODUCT 2 WILL BE "SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL TOOLKIT FOR SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA BASES". THESE PRODUCTS WILL INCLUDE CAPABILITIES TO SEARCH AN ARCHIVE FOR VARIABLES BY TOPIC, TYPE, STUDY, AND KEY WORD IN VARIABLE OR VALUE LABELS; DISPLAY HIT LIST OF VARIABLES MEETING THE CRITERIA WITH OPTIONAL INCLUSION OF STUDY-LEVEL INFORMATION; SEARCH FOR STUDIES BY TITLE, INVESTIGATOR, KEY WORD, OR SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS; PROVIDE HYPERTEXT LINK OF VARIABLE AND STUDY INFORMATION TO ANY MACHINE-READABLE SUPPORTING DOCUMENT SUCH AS CODEBOOK AND INSTRUMENT; PROVIDE THE TOOLS FOR CONVERTING ANY PAPER DOCUMENT INTO A MACHINE-READABLE DOCUMENT LINKED TO OTHER DOCUMENTS BY VARIABLE/SURVEY ITEM; PREPARE CUSTOM SPSS AND SAS PROGRAM FILES ACCORDING TO USER'S SPECIFICATIONS OF VARIABLE INCLUSION; FULLY DESCRIBE THESE FEATURES, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES, IN CLEAR AND INSTRUCTIVE USER'S MANUALS.