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>>I would like to use EndNote Plus to track my filed journal articles. I
>>physically write a sequential number on each article and store it in a file
>>drawer numerically. So, if I want to find a particular article by Smith, I
>>do the appropriate search, note the article number and go to my file drawer
>>and locate the article.
>>
>>I've started using the Label field for this, because I doubt I'll ever need
>>to use that field for its intended purpose. Is there an EndNote Plus field
>>would be better to store my sequential number in?
>>
>>Craig Whitt
>>cwhitt@access.digex.net

And Kimberly Mattingly (Niles) replied:

>Many of our users use the Label field for filing purposes, and I suggest
>using it for that purpose.  DO NOT use EndNote's internal numbering system
>(i.e. the EndNote record numbers) because these numbers are not reliable.

I don't see what the problem is with this, since I have had no problems using
EndNote's internal numbering system with my 3400+ article library. The important
thing to remember is that the numbers will be discontinuous if any articles are
dropped from the library.

--John Schwab
  Purdue University