6029334@pucc.UUCP (05/13/88)
I'm looking for a database program that will allow me to search through abstracts of and/or notes (of various lengths) on academic works. Ideally, this program would allow me to find entries by author, title, subject, location, etc (the easy bit) as well as by ANY word in the note or abstract field (the harder bit). I do not want to have to develop and religiously use an index of keywords, unless there is no other alternative. If I can get all that, it would also be nice if this program could export entries to standard word processing packages, and automatically create in-text references and bibliographies. Of course, you would need to be able to define your own referencing style! A colleague would like to run such a program on an IBM-AT compatible with WordPerfect. I would like to run a similar program on a Macintosh with Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or FullWrite Professional. In case this sounds like a difficult request, I know of one product (EndNote - for the Mac) nearing completion that claims to be able to accomplish the task. Are there any for the PC or others for the Mac? Please email any responses as I don't always read this group. If there is enough interest, I will summarize and post the replies. Thanks. Rob Trevor MaBell: (609) 452-4051 Bitnet: 6029334@PUCC UseNet: 6029334@PUCC.Princeton.Edu