sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) (07/31/87)
References: I know this has been discussed before, but when it was I wasn't paying any attention. Now I have a friend whose father is going to be buying a computer soon to do extensive academic writing, and he asked me for a recommendation (both for the hardware and the software). Well, we all know which computer I recommended, but what about the software? What he most wants to automate is the conversion between bibliographic formats (e.g., indentation, punctuation, order of entries, etc.). Some journals want one format, others want something completely different. I've heard things about Scholar's Aid... could some kind person send me more information? Also, is there another, more appropriate program out there? Any help would be appreciated. I don't want my friend's Dad to end up with a PC... :-) - Steve [...!seismo!cmcl2!esquire!sbb]
boz@dartvax.UUCP (John Boswell) (08/06/87)
I just finished setting up a bibliographic database system for our research group here at Dartmouth College. It uses Reflex to store the actual database, and a public domain program called RefList to format references the way any journal (you specify) expects them. It works great, and is very inexpensive.... plus, you can use Reflex for more than just a bibliographic database! John Boswell boz@dartmouth.edu (no witty sayings yet...)