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BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS
Gary
Perlman
- Consulting research scientist
at the Online Computer Library Center, OCLC
where he works on web-based user interfaces to bibliographic
and full-text databases, primarily OCLC's web-based
FirstSearch. Try the demo
version of FirstSearch 5.0
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Research Software for Historians: An Evaluation
- A 1998 research study from Yale,
John Mack Faragher, Professor of History, Project
Director.
Bibliographix.com
- A Windoze reference manager designed for scientists and students writing
papers and publications.
- Bibliography
Builder
- From the University of Toronto Engineering Communication Centre. Offers
advice on developing bibliographies
- Biblioscape.com
- Biblioscape Bibliographic software to help researchers organize reference
collection, generate citations and bibliography for publication, search
reference on the web, etc.
BiblioWeb Web server application for your organization. Providing all
basic features of bibliographic software through web browser. It is the
ideal tool for bibliographic information sharing for a research organization.
BiblioExpress A freeware bibliographic program that can be run from a
floppy disk. It has the same look and feel as Biblioscape. It can format
bibliographic records in APA, MLA, ACS styles
- Bookends Plus
- (Macintosh) "With Bookends you can easily import references from
hundreds of online sources (even import references from the clipboard,
or directly from Medline on BioMedNet), create bibliographies that meet
the most exacting requirements, attach associated files (pdf files, pictures,
scanned images, etc.) to references for immediate viewing, and even allow
others, on any platform, to retrieve, add, or edit references in your
databases via the World Wide Web (click here for an example). Plug-ins
let you access the power of Bookends from within Microsoft Word and Nisus
Writer to directly format manuscripts for publication."
- Bookware2000
- BookWhere 2000 search and retrieval software is the perfect complement
to your Citation bibliographic database. BookWhere 2000 lets you easily
search libraries and databases of published information on the Internet.
You can simultaneously search library collections and specialized databases
including MEDLINE, PsycINFO, the Library of Congress, OCLC's WorldCat,
and hundreds of others worldwide, and download your search results directly
into Citation format.
- Citation
- "Citation is a powerful, easy-to-learn and easy-to-use bibliographic
database system designed by academics for academic research and writing."
Available in web and legal editions.
- Electronic
Research
- Sponsored by the College Writing Programs, UC-Berkeley, this site features
a comparison of bibliographic software programs.
- EndNote
- Search bibliographic databases on the Internet. Organize references
in a database. Create bibliographies automatically in your word processor.
- EndNote
Presentation (Real Player)
- The Joy of Bibliographies: Using EndNote to Conduct a Literature Review.
An online presentation augmented with Powerpoint by Dr. Tim Anderson,
Engineering and Technology Management, Portland State University
- Evaluation of
Reference Management Software on NT
- Comparisons of Papyrus with ProCite, Reference Manager, Endnote, Citation,
GetARef, Biblioscape, Library Master, Bibliographica, Scribe, Refs
- Library Master
- "The Library Master bibliographic and textual database manager
makes it easy to manage bibliographic information. Library Master automatically
formats the bibliography, footnotes and citations for your paper, thesis
or book. It makes it easy to organize research notes and project records.
Create an inexpensive online catalog for any collection of books, periodicals,
audio-visuals, corporate documents and other materials."
- Papyrus
- "Store and cross-link your references, notes and graphic images
Import bibliographic references from anywhere Instantly locate references
by any field Combine with your word processor to produce perfectly-formatted
manuscripts and bibliographies Link your references to the Internet"
- Procite.com
- Search the Internet for References. Share References on a Network. Manage
Your References. Create Instant Bibliographies.
- Reference Manager
- "Reference Manager and ProCite now both come from the same suppliers
and it is beginning to show as some of the features of these versions
are beginning to look very similar. However there is enough difference
at a functional level despite their identical price tag and summary feature
scores. Looking at the differences in the main features table shows where
the differences lie and indicate why your choice might be one way or the
other." See this Feature
Comparison.
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- UnCover
- UnCover is a database of current article information taken from well
over 18,000 multidisciplinary journals. UnCover contains brief descriptive
information for over 8,800,000 articles which have appeared since Fall
1988. UnCover offers you the opportunity to order fax copies of the articles
from this database. UnCover is easy to use, with keyword access to article
titles and summaries.
- UnCover Reveal is an automated alerting service that delivers the table
of contents of your favorite periodicals directly to your e-mail box.
The Reveal service also allows users to create search strategies for their
favorite topics.
- UnCover SOS is a level of document delivery created for users who simply
want to forward orders to UnCover. SOS continues the tradition of responding
to customer needs and providing the most innovative, automated and efficient
document delivery available anywhere.
The UnCover Company is located in Denver, Colorado. Read about the UnCover-Ingenta
merger.
