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An Introduction to ProQuest
ProQuest is a microcomputer based information management system developed in support of an epidemiologic study to capture, manage, and report data on cohorts and associated topical issues, it allowed the research staff to set up a relational database system without the need for programming. The nature of a relational data base, where catalogues of information are related to one another through common key elements, facilitates the management and retrieval of Information. Key elements in return are very much supportive of the categorization of data for statistical analysis.
ProQuest employs the Clipper application development system. This means compatibility with the popular
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