The CDS/ISIS is a widely used bibliographic data management software. Developed by the Unesco, it is popular, not only in India but in many European, African, Asian and Latin American countries. CDS/ISIS can be effectively used for management of any structured textual data such aas patient records, records pertaining to institutions, projects, records. CDS/ISIS is taught in a large number of library and information science schools and has been the subject of several wokshops and training programmesand refresher course for professionals in this field. This book is intended to be a do-it yurself manual for the student and the professional in the field wih little or no knowledge of this software.It presents, in a simple and lucid manner, the various steps to be followed in creating and maintaining from the database. The simple and easy to understand illustrations usd throughout the volume to explain the different processes make the book a must for the user of this software.