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Book View
From the Book View you add and edit books. You can use filters
to only display specific books, for example books that are for sale
or books purchased this year.
In this example the grouping list to the left shows all authors in
the database (you can group on almost any data field). Simply click
on the author name to display all the books written by this author. |
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Book Edit
window
This is the Book Edit window where you enter book
information.
BookCAT has a comprehensive set of data fields enabling you to
catalog a wide range of information: author, title, publisher, ISBN
number, publish date, number of pages, editor, original title,
translator, binding, edition, type of book (fiction, non-fiction,
etc.), genre, purchase date and price, current value, condition,
status (own, for sale, etc.), personal rating, owner, location,
keywords, notes, synopsis, reviews, and much more. |
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Book View -
Card list
Instead of the standard browse list, you can show a card
list in the Book View.
This will display the book cover with the author name, book title,
publisher and publish year below. |
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Want List
View
Use the Want List View to keep track of titles you have on
your want list.
You can track information like title, author, ISBN, publisher,
publish date, order date, and price. You can also add your own
notes. |
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Lookup View
(Person)
From the Lookup View you edit data in the various lookup
tables (Person, Binding, Genre, Keyword, Publisher, etc.). Here we
are browsing the Person lookup table (authors, editors, translators,
etc.).
BookCAT uses a relational database model. BookCAT automatically
creates a link between the book and the entry in the lookup table.
When you edit the lookup table, for example, to fix a typing error,
the change will be reflected in all fields that are linked to the
lookup table. |
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Lookup Edit
window (Person)
In the Person table you can store author profiles,
biographies and reviews, as well as pictures and links to web sites.
The Person lookup table has many fields, including Born (date),
Birth Name, Birth Location, Country, Biography, Notes, File and Web
Links, and 10 custom fields. |
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Lookup Edit
window (Genre)
You can set up your own genres by editing the Genre lookup
table. |
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Loan
Management - Check Out
BookCAT allows you to track books out on loan; you can
easily loan out a book, set a due date and search for all books out
on loan and books overdue.
In this example we are checking out two books in the Check Titles
In/Out window. You can also check out one book at a time from the Book View. |
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Loan
Management - Check In
In this example we are checking in two books in the Check
Titles In/Out window. You can also check in one book at a time from the Book
View. |
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Loan
Management - Loan View
The Loan View gives you an overview of the loan history
(both books that are currently loaned out, and books that previously
have been loaned out). |
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Explorer
View
The Explorer View allows you can easily search/browse your
database in a familiar web browser interface.
From the home page you can search by various fields, including
author, title, publisher, genre and release year, and browse your
database by author, keyword, publisher or title. |
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Explorer View - Browse by author
Here we are browsing by author. We have clicked the "#All#" link,
and get a list of all authors in the database. |
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Explorer View - Book list
Here we have clicked "John Grisham", and get a list of the
books written by John Grisham. |
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Explorer View - Book details
And finally, here we are exploring one of the books ("The Firm").
Notice all the hyperlinks you can click. You can for example click
the publish date link to display other books published in 1991, or
the publisher link to display other books published by the same
publisher. |
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Download from Internet
You can download book data (for example book title, author,
publisher, publish year, keywords, cover art, and more) from the
Internet. |
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Form
Designer window
You can use the Form Designer to redesign the layout in all
data entry windows. |
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Report
Designer window
BookCAT allows you to create your own reports with exactly
the layout you want, or you can use one of the more than 100
pre-defined reports. You have full control of data fields, groups,
sort order, columns, fonts, colors, paper size, margins and print
orientation. Reports can be previewed on the screen, printed,
or sent to a file (including Excel, PDF and Word).
This example shows a simple report that prints a list of your books
grouped by the first letter of the author name. |
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Database
Setup window
From the Database Setup window you can customize the tables
and fields: Change field names, set default values, hide fields you
don’t need, etc. |
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Statistics window
Use the statistics module to get statistical information
about your collection. |
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HTML Export
window
You can easily export data to a set of HTML pages you can
upload to any web site. |