The plain text database 'units.dat' is a good reference in itself, as it is extensively commented and cites numerous sources.

Also called a "complete text database".

Full text databases became common about 1990 when computer storage technology made them economic and technological possible.

Inquire was one of the first "text" databases and used for publication storage, litigation support, and other text intense problems.

Textfinder machines, used by the government agency and a few other customers to search text databases, accounted for $8 million.

Access to full text databases e.g. Consumer Reports, Mango Languages, etc.

At almost the same time it also was converted into a website, which is extracted dynamically from a text database.

Custom Newspapers - A full text database of over 160 U.S. newspapers.

The library has course books, encyclopedias, journals, newspapers and full text databases through the HEC digital library.

TeraText is a non-relational text database.