You can download demo versions of various software analysis packages from
this url:
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/caqdas/packages.htm
You might also want to look at this article:
Coffey, A., Holbrook, B. and Atkinson, P. (1996) 'Qualitative Data
Analysis: Technologies and
Representations', Sociological Research Online, vol. 1, no. 1,
http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/1/1/4.html
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