BookCAT 9.12.01

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• Price: Free to try (30-day trial, 40 books per database);
• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
• Date added: June 18, 2009
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET staff on October 20, 2009

BookCAT provides all the tools necessary to track books for a professional or a home library. Its interesting options give you full control of your catalog and lending.

Although it performed a complicated task, the program's interface is surprisingly accessible. It has plenty to offer seasoned and novice librarians as well as beginning to advanced book collectors. The layout is professional and intuitive with its bright, well-labeled commands. We were instantly pleased with this program, since we were able to quickly populate our entire library by entering only each book's ISBN number. BookCAT instantly downloaded each volume's details, including author, price, and even a cover photo. While we would have liked BookCAT to fill in other information, such as summaries, this tool removed a lot of manual input, which counted for a lot. We were able to view our entire library and get a solid look at every item we owned. We were also able to run dozens of different reports to sort the books. While its cataloging tools were simple and helpful, its lending features took the program to a new level. And with a few simple commands, we were able to loan out books, set an overdue reminder, and even send an e-mail to borrowers about their due dates. With its usability and features, we had no trouble picturing this software at work in an actual library.

BookCAT has a 30-day, 40-book-per-database trial limitation. While more automatic features would be nice, its cataloging and lending tools earn our recommendation.

Publisher's description

BookCAT is a powerful database program designed specifically to maintain an inventory of your book collection. BookCAT is used by book-lovers, schools, churches, clubs, and business libraries. Using BookCAT you can quickly catalog your books by downloading information from the Internet. BookCAT will help you track what you have in your library, where it is (including books out on loan) and the total value of your collection. BookCAT has a comprehensive set of 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.), category and sub-category, purchase date and price, current value, condition, status (own, want, for sale), personal rating, owner, location, keywords, awards and nominations, comments, synopsis, reviews, and more.

You can effectively find the information you are looking for by using the powerful search and filter features. BookCAT allows you search your database with any combination of data fields and operators. BookCAT includes a report designer that lets you create professional looking reports with exactly the layout you want. Use one of the more than 80 pre-defined reports, or create your own reports from scratch. You have full control over data fields, groups, sort order, columns, fonts, colors, paper size, margins and print orientation. BookCAT lets you preview reports on screen before printing, or save reports in virtually any file format. You can quickly generate documents to be published on the Internet. The loan module lets you keep track of books on loan. Check the program periodically to see what is still out on loan. You will always know who has what and since when. BookCAT uses popup menus for quick feature access and navigation. BookCAT comes with a sample database to get you started and a comprehensive context sensitive on-line help system. Version 9.12.01 is a bug fixing release.

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