History Research Database

[rmpRMP]

I want to build a database for research on a particular aspect of state history. I'd like to capture notes, contact names, resource citations, web pages, phone call records, locations of possible research sites, etc. I want to organize information to help write history articles. I'm sure that other, professional historians (which I am not) have done this. Can someone steer me to possible examples?

[ssanfu]

One place you could check is:

Library of Free Data Models
http://databaseanswers.com/data_models/index.htm




And welcome to the Forum......

[orange]

rmpRMP,

Further to Steve's advice, I recommend you try to flesh out (more detail) on what you actually want.
eg.
Notes: what subject?, do you want dates included? Do you have some samples? Do you want some sort of categorization????
ContactNames: What context? Phone numbers, email??

Often it is a good practice to "mock up" an output form or report to see the kind of info that must be available (included in the database). Then try to associate these data with the proper entity. Then determine how these entities fit together/relate based on your "business".

Here's a tutorial that may help put this into context.

Good luck