Reference Manager 9
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: ISI ResearchSoft www.risinc.com Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 95/98/NT4: Intel Pentium or faster processor with 16 MB RAM, at least 10 MB available hard disk space, and a CD-ROM drive. To take advantage of the cite while you write feature, Microsoft Word (version 7 or 97 or later) or Corel WordPerfect (version 7 or 8 or later) is necessary. To take advantage of imbedded links and Z39.50 database searching, an connection and Web browser are necessary. Not available for Macintosh computers. Advertised by ISI ResearchSoft as 3 Research Tools in 1, Reference Manager is a full-featured personal citation management program. It allows users to search and automatically import references from Z39.50-compliant library databases (using Reference Searcher), to import references from online and local database services such as Ovid and SilverPlatter, to organize and track an unlimited number of references to books, chapters, journal articles, and other publication types (using Database Manager), and to automatically format and re-format bibliographies in hundreds of journal styles (using Bibliography Builder). Reference Manager 9 has features that are useful at a variety of different points in the research process. For identifying relevant resources, the Reference Searcher allows users to specify up to 244 Z39.50-compliant databases (Reference Manager calls them Internet Libraries) to search simultaneously from within the Reference Manager interface. The user specifies the search terms to use and the fields to search, then selects the library databases to be searched. Reference Manager accesses the databases, runs the search, and imports the references into Reference Manager, all in just minutes. Once imported, the user can review the results, delete irrelevant references, or add information to each reference. Over 300 databases are listed, mostly online catalogs from universities and large public libraries, but some other services such as the National Library of Medicine's PubMed are also available. Additional Z39.50 databases not included in the original database list may also be specified. Users may also run searches in other database services such as Ovid, Dialog, EBSCO, Knowledge Index, PaperChase, and SilverPlatter, then import the references into Reference Manager. This is easy to do and is much faster than entering the references into Reference Manager manually. The user runs the search in the desired database service, then saves the references in a delimited format (this is usually called a tagged, labeled, or reprint format by database services). The user then starts up Reference Manager 9 and imports the references. Once imported, references can be reviewed and deleted and additional information can be added. References may also be manually input into Reference Manager, by typing the relevant information in by hand. In fact, Reference Manager facilitates manual entry by offering drop down menus for selecting authors, keywords, and other data elements. Although it is more time consuming than automatically importing the references from an existing source, it is easy to do. Once references have been entered into a Reference Manager 9 database, the Database Manager helps organize and track them. Features such as global editing and spell-checking allow easy clean-up. References can be copied both within the database and from one database to another. Data can be easily and quickly re-sorted by simply clicking on the column to be sorted (Reference Manager calls this the click sort). Using Reference Manager's Term Manager, synonyms can be created for keywords, author names, and periodicals. …
Author: David Corbly
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W328422466