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Inforamtion about Course Material (Author,Title,ISBN, Publisher, etc.)


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

AUTHOR

Author of the Course Material.

VARCHAR2

500

EDITION

Edition of the Course Material

VARCHAR2

500

ISBN

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a unique number assigned to a book title by its publisher for tracking and ordering purposes. ISBN is a 10-digit number that uniquely identifies books and book-like products published internationally. The purpose of the ISBN is to establish and identify one title or edition of a title from one specific publisher and is unique to that edition, allowing for more efficient marketing of products by booksellers, libraries, universities, wholesalers and distributors.

VARCHAR2

100

MATERIAL_INFO_SOURCE

Source of Information about specific material. It reflects whether the information about the Title, Publisher, etc. came from ISBN, or has been passed to us by COOP.

VARCHAR2

4

PRICE

Price of the Course Material. This is ISBN pricing.

NUMBER

22

PUBLISHER

XXX

VARCHAR2

100

TIP_MATERIAL_KEY

A unique Identifier for a TIP Material record ( based on ISBN, Title, and Academic Term).

VARCHAR2

100

TITLE

In the OSP AWARD, COST COLLECTOR, and PROJECT OSP tables, this is the Title of a Research Proposal. In KRB_PERSON, TITLE is the position title of the person. In TIP_MATERIAL view it is a TITLE of the course material.

VARCHAR2

50

YEAR

In KRB_PERSON, YEAR is a one-character field identifying the students year of degree (or current year); eg.: 1, 2, 3, 4, G, U. In TIP_MATERIAL YEAR is a Year when a Title was published

VARCHAR2

1