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Several ethnographic data management programs have been mentioned 
(Atlas-ti, NUDIST, NVIVO, etc.). I would like to suggest another, ANSWR, 
for the following reasons.
1. It is free. You can download it from the CDC website (CDC.GOV) and 
install it. It is also supported by CDC, and is used internationally. 
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/tools/software.asp
2. It supports all of the functions that are supported by the other 
ethnographic software programs (data entry, coding, search, and output) and 
includes additional ones that may be particularly useful for network 
analysis, including keeping track of who is speaking, as well as what they 
are talking about. It allows you to conduct some interesting matrix types 
of multiple code data output.
3. It has a function that allows it to export some codes to quantitative 
programs, which means that it can act as an interesting bridge to 
quantitative network programs like UCINET, PAJEK, etc.
4. It is free.

This is the CDC description of ANSWR. I have also added the description of 
EZ Text, which some of you might be interested in if you used open ended 
questions in surveys and questionnaires.


General Database Software

AnSWR (Analysis Software for Word Based Records) 
<http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/answr.htm>AnSWR v6.4 is a software system 
for coordinating and conducting large-scale, team-based analysis projects 
that integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques.
CDC EZ-Text <http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/ez-text.htm>CDC EZ-Text is a 
software program developed to help researchers create, manage, and analyze 
semi-structured qualitative databases.


Bob Trotter  

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