[psu.micro.ibm] bibliography database sought

EEM103@psuvm.psu.edu (Betsy) (06/08/90)

I'm looking for software to use in creating a bibliograpy database.
Important features: -inclusion of key words for cross referencing.
                    -ability to format output in a variety of reference
                         styles (APA, etc.).
                    -ability to import these sub-sets of references into
                         Wordperfect documents.
                    -room for an ever expanding number of entries.

A system which can be set up to be relatively user friendly would be a
plus but is not essential.

Please e-mail suggestions.  Thanks in advance.

EEM103@PSUVM
Betsy - Penn State University

ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan &) (06/09/90)

In article <90159.113452EEM103@psuvm.psu.edu> Betsy <EEM103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

Betsy> I'm looking for software to use in creating a bibliograpy database.
Betsy> Important features: -inclusion of key words for cross referencing.
Betsy>                     -ability to format output in a variety of reference
Betsy>                          styles (APA, etc.).
Betsy>                     -ability to import these sub-sets of references into
Betsy>                          Wordperfect documents.
Betsy>                     -room for an ever expanding number of entries.

Betsy> A system which can be set up to be relatively user friendly would be a
Betsy> plus but is not essential.

Betsy> Please e-mail suggestions.  Thanks in advance.

Betsy> EEM103@PSUVM
Betsy> Betsy - Penn State University


You might try calling Niles & Associates at +1 415 655 6666 and ask if they
have got their EndNote and EndLink packages running on IBM stuff yet.  When
I first looked at it it was available only for the MacIntosh, but an IBM
version was rumored to be available soon.  It appears to do most of what you
want.

-- Dan Ehrlich
--
Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu>/Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176

stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) (06/09/90)

In article <90159.113452EEM103@psuvm.psu.edu> EEM103@psuvm.psu.edu (Betsy) writes:
>I'm looking for software to use in creating a bibliograpy database.

There is a package called BIB that's sold as a bibliography manager for
anthropologists -- it's got built-in formats for major anthropology
journals, but those are fairly standard formats.  It's a LOT cheaper
($50, $40 for students) than the better known programs like Pro-Cite 
and Notebook.  When you browse through your database it displays
references in a form that looks like notecards.

>Important features: -inclusion of key words for cross referencing.

BIB lets you attach up to 10 keywords to each reference.

>                    -ability to format output in a variety of reference
>                         styles (APA, etc.).
>                    -ability to import these sub-sets of references into
>                         Wordperfect documents.

BIB can format output files for Wordperfect, Wordstar, Sprint, NotaBene,
others.  It doesn't work very well with MS-Word, but you can correct the
problem with a Word macro.

>                    -room for an ever expanding number of entries.

Each database can hold 2000 references.

>
>A system which can be set up to be relatively user friendly would be a
>plus but is not essential.

Menu-driven, easy.  Their address is BIB Inc., 671 N. Dodge St.,

stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) (06/09/90)

Hmmm looks like the editor ate the last line of the previous posting.
The address for the bibliography manager is:

BIB Inc.
671 N. Dodge St.
Tucson, AZ  85716