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Now here's a juicy item for the EndNote wish list.  What a great marketing idea!

>In article <1993Nov17.164609.6378@nrcnet0.nrc.ca> phi@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca (Dr.
>Barry Phipps) writes:
>>Subject: Reference management software
>>From: phi@nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca (Dr. Barry Phipps)
>>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 93 16:46:09 GMT
>
>>I would like to buy a software package for management of literature
>>references, to be used by a small group of people.  I would appreciate knowing
>>what other peoples' experiences are with the different packages available, eg.
>>Reference Manager, Pro Cite, EndNote, etc..
>
>I've been using Reference Manager for DOS for several years and have recently
>started using Reference Manager for Windows. Both programs have a number of
>minor problems but they have one tremendous advantage over anything else I've
>heard of, namely Reference Update, Abstract Edition. I receive 2 diskettes
>weekly containing the current literature which I scan with the profile I've
>set up, read the abstracts, choose the ones of interest and then transfer
>those citations with no extra typing other than editing changes into the main
>Reference Manager database (currently just over 2000 citations). This has been
>a tremendous help when writing review articles and when needing to make
>citation lists for new graduate students. One other feature of RM that I
>particularly like is the ability to set up citations in essentially any
>journal format and the fact that RM converts WinWord files to files that I can
>send away for publication. The main problems I've had with the Windows version
>is that it takes too much memory, does not allow certain international symbols
>such as the Scandinavian crossed o and gives minor problems with the TIGA
>display that I'm using. However, with the above reservations, I wouldn't want
>to write manuscripts without it.
>
>
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>Mark Achtman, Max-Planck Institut f|r molekulare Genetik
>Ihnestra_e 73, D-14169 Berlin, Germany
>e-mail: Achtman@MPIMG-Berlin-Dahlem.MPG.DE
>
>

Jim Cummins

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