dencisco@eos.UUCP (David Paul Encisco) (08/25/89)
I'm looking for a Mac bibliographic database to take the place of our pre-existing Unix database. We need a fairly sophisticated database which would allow us to sort any of the fields, easy to import/export, user friendly so that any of our researchers (and assistants) can easily access the data input level. We have looked at EndNote and find that its too simplistic for our needs. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding bibliographic software for Macs? Thanks, Dave dencisco@eos.arc.nasa.gov or dpencisco@ames.arc.nasa.gov
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (08/25/89)
In article <4851@eos.UUCP> dencisco@eos.UUCP (David Paul Encisco) writes: > I'm looking for a Mac bibliographic database to take the place of our > pre-existing Unix database. [...] We have looked at EndNote and > find that its too simplistic for our needs. I'm curious, what do you want to do that EndNote won't let you? I havn't actually used EndNote, but was very impressed with the demo version. We make extensive use of bib on our unix systems and the lack of bib fuctionality on the Mac has been the biggest reason we havn't switched to macs for most of our word processing. EndNote was obviously designed by somebody who was used to using bib and/or refer. We are on the verge of making a serious investment in EndNote (i.e. many copies) and would appreciate hearing about why that might be a mistake before we go ahead and plunk down our money. -- Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 {att,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu "The connector is the network"
man@brunix (Mark H. Nodine) (08/26/89)
I have a shareware package called WordRef which keeps a bibliographic
database in HyperCard and can do automatic generation of references from
Word documents using the Print Merge facility. It has been posted to
sumex and I have also sent a copy to comp.binaries.mac, although it
has not appeared yet. Here's the description of it:
Here is an application and HyperCard stack I developed for producing cross-
references and bibliographies using Word 3/4. It is yet another facility
which uses the Print Merge facility of Word, but I have tried to do it in
a way which is more general than any of the systems which preceded me, so
that it should be able to handle virtually any cross-referencing and
bibliography needs. It is a ShareWare package and may be distributed
not-for-profit as long as the application, stack, and document are all
kept together.
Some of the features are:
o No limit on the number of counters (variables) used for cross-
references
o Variables can be combined in general arithmetic expressions
o Increment operators are included for convenience
o Variables can have strings interspersed with numbers
o Can scan Word files directly (if Fast Save is off)
o There can be any number of Word files or bibliography files in a
single manuscript
o The bibliography files are kept in the ever popular BibTeX format
o A HyperCard stack is provided for maintaining the bibliography
files
o You can keep comments/keywords with the bibliographic references
o Several different citations styles are provided to go at the point
of reference
o A user-definable style sheet is used for formatting the
bibliography entries.
Enjoy!
--Marknilesinc@well.UUCP (Avi Rappoport) (08/29/89)
Of the things that <4851@eos.UUCP> dencisco@eos.UUCP (David Paul Encisco) says about EndNote, the only one we really can't do is sort. We have very easy import/export and are extremely user-friendly. In terms of sophistication, we have very configurable options for setting up references in papers (APA style, Science, Nature, etc.) Our search is much faster than any of our competeitions' and we have a good manual. For those who care, we have also given 2 free upgrades, one a bug fix and one a fix for Word 4. Reviews of bibliographic software can be found in the February MacUser and MacWorld, and the July MacGuide. We have a 30-day money back guarantee, so you don't have much to loose. Seriously, I have a Masters in Library and Information Studies, and I know bibliographic databases. If I didn't think that this was a good product, I wouldn't post this. Since I do 90% of the tech support, I know that our customers are happy. Please send me mail if you have any other questions, or want tech support.