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Started by Fergus Doherty
Fri, 03 Sep 1993 11:15
RE: endnote comparison
Author: Fergus Doherty
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 11:15
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 11:15
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In article <930902090706.2cc0381b@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU>, you wrote: > > Would someone be so kind as to provide a brief comparison of EndNote > with the other major bibliographic software programs, particularly > ProCite and Reference Manager? I am particularly interesting in > their respective capabilities for import and export, maximum size of > their Notes (or its equivalent)field, speed (opening the app and run- > ning its editing and record changing operations), indexing capabilities, > and ease of clipboard use. > > Is there any bibliographic software (other than for unix) that does > not assume a DOS base; is any in the works? > > Haines Brown (brownh@ccsua.ctstateu.edu) A few years ago I looked at Pro-Cite, Reference Manager and EndNote on the Mac and together with a colleague published a review in Computer Applications in the Biosciences. We came down strongly in favour of EndNote then because it was: less expensive but did just about everything you wanted to, fast, simple to use and adhered to Macintosh interface conventions. Since then EndNote Plus came out, which is an even better product. Reference Manager has also been improved and is pretty good, but more expensive (at least here) the interface is not as good either so I still feel EndNote PLus wins on the Mac. Pro-Cite at the time was very clunky and awkward to use in inserting citations and formatting styles, the nested dialog boxes went on forever! You also need an expensive additional program (biblio-Links) to import data from Medline etc. I feel Pro-Cite is more suited to librarians than academic authors of papers etc. Of course Pro-Cite on the Mac may have improved since then. I, and I would imagine just about all on this list, remain a happy EndNote user, it does just about everything I want easily and relatively cheaply (but we pay too much in the UK!). Finally I don't know if there are user groups like this for Pro-Cite and Refman, but the existence of this group and the involvement of Avi must say something about the company's commitment to the academic community. There is another product called Papyrus, but I know nothing about it. PS I haven't been payed to say this! PPS it would be nice if somehow Endnote or EndLink could put a period after abbreviations in the Journal field (eg Biochem. J.) where these don't occur in databases (Refman does this!). Fergus Doherty, dept. Biochemistry, University Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH Tel: 602 709366 FAX 602 422225 Internet: mbxfd@unicorn.nott.ac.uk
Re: endnote comparison
Author: Danny J. Blubaugh
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 23:26
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 23:26
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>There is another product called Papyrus, but I know nothing >about it. I bought EndNote about 3 years ago. I was waiting for Papyrus to become available for the MAC, as it sounded like a better product. Their ads said a mac version was expected in Fall, 1990. Every subsequent ad would say a later date. To my knowledge, it still isn't available. I'm glad I didn't wait for it! Danny Blubaugh BLUBAUGH@CC.USU.EDU
Re: endnote comparison
Author: Danny J. Blubaugh
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 23:35
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 23:35
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Fergus Doherty wrote: >it would be nice if somehow Endnote or EndLink could put a period after >abbreviations in the Journal field (eg Biochem. J.) where these don't >occur in databases (Refman does this!). In my journals abbreviation list, I list each journal with the periods for abbreviation 1, and I leave out the periods for abbreviation 2. In my styles, I instruct EN to use abbreviation 1. Then, even if a journal field is missing the periods, EN will insert them. Danny Blubaugh BLUBAUGH@CC.USU.EDU
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