Sharing info between DB's

[sboard0599]

I have a database that contains a bunch of unorganized info. I want to create a new file to get it better organized. I would like to know how to easily transfer the info back and forth. I would like to be able to enter an employee name into the new file and have it pick up all of the info in the record from the original DB. I should note that there are no value lists in the original. I noticed that when I create a value list based on fields from other files it gives me a nice alphabetized list. I wonder if there is a way to get that info out into a list of its own