Research sources database template

[dmohn]

Looking for an Access db template that can be used to aggregate sources and
summaries of data (and link field to related electronic documents) for
research projects -- primarily historical sources such as newspaper articles,
but can be useful for reviews of literature on any academic/research topic.
Helpful features would be fields for standard bibliographical citations,
keyword search, rich-text field(s) to capture cut-and-paste info, and hotlink
field (as noted).

For my specific historical research, it would be useful to have at least two
date fields -- one for date of publication of the source, and another to
record the actual date of the event on which the source is reporting.

 

[Aaron]

Hi. I have been searching -- literally, for years -- for the same sort of
template. At one point I started designing one -- a sort of "encyclopedia"
for the wide variety of information and research I have collected over 4
decades.

Strangely, the landscape has seemed void of such a template. Though I
continue to look.

I have found some close facsimiles, but they either have not been
Access-based, or the process of syncing them to Access would be too time
consuming.

One of the closest database designs I have discovered is the "Knowledge Base
Organizer Deluxe" -- http://www.primasoft.com/.

It's a flexible system. While not built with Access, it certainly could be
the model for an Access template. One of these days I may spend some time
trying to make it interact with Access.

I have found a couple of other models -- but I've remained stubborn in my
search for an Access solution -- that should exist, and for which one should
not need to spend money.

So I continue to look.

If you find a template, I would appreciate if you could let me know.

Thanks,
Aaron