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Matt, If the annotated bibliography is already in XML form, or if the data it is suited to a hierarchical structure, you may want to consider using a native XML database (the most common open-source ones are eXist and BaseX) and querying it with XQuery. Greg On 4/15/16, 2:18 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Matt Sherman" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi all, > >I am looking to pick the group brain as to what might be the most useful >database software for a digital project I am collaborating on. We are >working on converting an annotated bibliography to a searchable database. >While I have the data in a few structured formats, we need to figure out >now what to actually put it in so that it can be queried. My default line >of thinking is to try a MySQL since it is free and used ubiquitously >online, but I wanted to see if there were any other database or software >systems that we should also consider before investing a lot of time in one >approach. Any advice and suggestions would be appreciated. > >Matt Sherman