Services

Database Development

Heritage Research Center, Ltd., has developed client databases since 1989. Features included:

  • document numerical identification
  • source information and bibliographies
  • project specific coding
  • document production statistics
  • image and website hyperlinks
  • data exportation
  • chronological, operational and other narrative reporting.

Our document abstractors extract project relevant data so clients spend less time pin-pointing answers to their questions. With document images available as hyperlinks, our clients can search and examine the database and pull up the corresponding images alongside the database records on the screen. As a result, there is a remarkable savings in time compared to the traditional manual search for finding target information.

Case Study:

In 1999, our information management personnel teamed with our historians to research and organize materials relative to industrial activities and waste generation for a confidential client at a CERCLA site in Massachusetts. Research focused on identification of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) that historically discharged contaminants into a small watershed and the quantification of such discharges. The research revealed previously unknown sources of contamination and discharge to the watershed with specific information concerning the type, character and volume of wastes generated by individual PRPs. Organization of all materials collected involved an abstract database summarizing document details most relevant for our clients, along with images of each document. A Geographic Information System (GIS) of the area over time, summary reports linking to document images presented in a web page, and topical narrative chronologies were produced. For distribution, the database was converted and provided in several different file formats for our client and other consultants working on the case. The project lasted over 8 years with over 67,000 pages processed.