Twenty years ago, ZyLAB developed
ZyINDEX, which went on to become the preferred solution for searching large collections of electronic files in PC environments.
Examples of text retrievers are Sonar Professional, The Text Collector, and
ZyINDEX.
(1989) employed text retrieval software,
ZyINDEX, in the analysis of Odyssey data.
Software, such as Summation or
ZyIndex, allows litigators to scan documents into a full-text data management program.
Two such programs were utilized in this study--ZylNDEX (Information Dimensions, 1992) and The Text Collector (O'Neill Software, 1987).(1)
ZyINDEX is a personal computer-based text management software program that provides sufficient indexing, retrieval and text manipulation procedures for effective content analysis methodologies.
Since
Zyindex and Notes maintain the identity of separate messages, they are better suited to ad-hoc document collections with frequent updates, while Views is suited to electronic publishing where the author has time to manually polish and add structure to the database.
For instance, GOfer, Lotus Magellan and
ZyINDEX are products that possess this capability.
ZyIndex (ZyLab, 3105-T North Wilke Rd., Arlington Heights, 111.