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>I just subscribed to this list; sorry if this topic has already been
>discussed.  I was wondering whether anyone could offer some tips on how to
>use EndNote with multiple libraries.  Here are two examples of what I'd
>like to do:
>
>1.  I have a growing EndNote library with my personal references.  But I
>also occasionally need to use large publically available bibliographic
>databases, e.g. Gary Perlman's HCIBIB covering publications in several
>computer science fields.  I can convert HCIBIB (which is in refer format)
>to EndNote, but is there then any way to have both libraries open at once?
>And to conduct searches through both libraries?  Ideally, I'd like my
>personal library to act like a "layer" on top of HCIBIB and other large
>comprehensive bibliographies.

Using multiple libraries is basically to be avoided if at all possible, as
EN+ can only use one at a time to format manuscripts.  One way round this
is to use temporary libraries to accumulate refs (say on a weekly basis)
and then copy these to your master.  The ability to use multiple libraries
is one of the most common wish-list items but is in practical terms very
difficult.  Keeping several libraries open simultaneously is no problem
provided you've got enough memory.  As far as I can recall, EN+ will permit
up to 8 windows open simultaneously.

>2.  Say I want to co-author a paper with a colleague who has her own
>EndNote library on her own workstation (somewhere else in the world).  Do
>we need to create a third library containing the refs for our paper and
>keep our own copies of it?

Yes, provided you are going to use that library to format your MS

>That raises a third question: Is there any easy way to copy a reference,
>say from one library to another?  Actually, I'd also like to be able to
>copy a reference even just within a single library.  Say if I want to make
>a new reference almost like one I've already got in the library.

For the Mac, just click on the ref or refs (using option-click for
multip[les)  to select it and do copy and paste.  RTM ;-)

Jim Cummins

Associate Professor in Veterinary Anatomy
Murdoch University,
Murdoch Western Australia 6150
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