I agree, Excel or Acess are really all you need. What you're looking at is a quite simple database with possibly thousands of entries. Whatever you're comfortable with would be best. If you don't know either, buy a book or ask a friend who knows the programs.

My music files are in Excel, and it's at least a 4th generation filing system. Started out with a pre-Windows simple database program (freeware circa 1985), moved up to Lotus 1-2-3 for Dos, moved up to Quattro-Pro and eventually Excel. I have over 30,000 records and all is fine. Use the same thing for my historical files and my books. Very simple and uncomplicated. The hardest part is imput. Pay a teen to do it for you!

Good luck.