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- !Citation Reference Manager (ver. 3.0)
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- ...Please note this program is SHAREWARE...
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- !Citation is a reference manager which allows the storage, searching,
- sorting and formatting of references for direct output into technical or
- academic works. It should prove useful to anyone involved in writing
- papers or books which require extensive lists of references. It is now in
- its 3rd iteration and includes most of the features present on most other
- DOS/Windows/Apple commercial bibliography managers plus some more that
- are only possible through RISCOS.
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- Generally collating citations proves to be the most tedious and error
- prone part of technical or academic writing. Each publisher dictates that
- submitted citations should be in a specific (and annoyingly unique)
- format so that when one re-submits a paper to another publisher all the
- citations have to be re-formatted. !Citation handles output in any format
- specified by the user using a simple script language so that once a
- subset of references has been selected from within the database, the
- style output format can be altered ad nauseum and saved for repeated use.
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- Reference can be entered manually or via drag'n'drop from a text editor
- and are assigned a reference type such as "Journal", "Book", "Thesis"
- etc. Abstract field length is only limited by available memory and these
- are stored in compressed form within libraries to minimize disc usage. In
- addition, bulk importing of references from a plain or tagged (Refer)
- text file is supported so that one can collect references on, say your
- Psion/Pocket book or any PC as you go along, for later addition to
- !Citation. Support is also provided for the direct import of Medlars and
- BIDS computerized database output.
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- A combination of simple script commands (entered by menu selection) and
- option fields allow precise specification of author format, page
- numbering, author truncation, reference numbering and field ordering for
- each of 12 reference types. The database can be flexibly searched by
- author/subject/keyword and duplicate entries scanned out. A proforma or
- format card can be used for repeating data entries to save typing and an
- editable list of journals and keywords facilitate easy and consistent
- data entry. In addition, the journal list can also hold usual journal
- abbreviations which can be selected for automatic substitution in output
- if required.
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- Scripts allows the application of effect tags to italicise, underline or
- embolden specified sections of the reference output. These effect are
- automatically translated to DDF (Impression), RTF (Rich text format) or
- HTML style tags for direct import into applications which can understand
- these formats. This allows easy and consistent style formatting of
- references for use in popular RISCOS packages such as TechWriter,
- EasiWriter and Impression and such output may even be transferred to
- MSWord via RTF or used in Web publishing with HTML formatted output.
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- References can be output singly by dragging from the displayed entry or
- grouped via a subset option. The selection of citation subsets is
- facilitated by various search options as well as plain old manual
- selection. !Citation will also scan text versions of manuscripts to
- collate the citations contained therein ready for subset output.
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- Data is stored in dedicated library directories so it is easy to build up
- libraries of different references and use them in !Citation by simply
- dragging them to the iconbar icon. It also makes backup of such a
- valuable commodity a doddle (so no excuses). Library size is only limited
- by the disc size and speed of your machine (or your patience tolerance -
- libraries with several thousand entries can take a while to process for
- certain operations).
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- !Citation makes extensive use of the drag and drop facilities offered by
- RISCOS and not available on other platforms. As well as file drag'n'drop
- import, text can be freely dragged in and out of various fields for
- editing in other applications as well as the dragging of author names for
- in-text citations. The flexibility of the script options also allows
- output in machine readable form as Tagged text, TSV or Pro-Cite files. In
- addition, an archive facility is available to generate CSV files of
- libraries for data transfer and allows upward compatibility of libraries
- to later versions of !Citation.
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- The author is an academic who became frustrated at the lack of
- availability of such a program for the otherwise excellent RISCOS system
- - so he wrote one! !Citation 3.0 represents several years development
- work and incorporates extensive feedback from both science and humanities
- users.
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- See the !Citation Web site, for up-to-date info and tips on using this
- application, at:
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- http://www.darwin.u-net.com/
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- Conditions of use
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- This software is supplied "as is"; no warranty, express or implied, of
- the merchantability of this software or its fitness for any particular
- purpose is given. In no circumstances shall the providers of this
- software be liable for any damage, loss of profits or any indirect or
- consequential loss arising out of the use of this software or inability
- to use this software. Support will be provided only to registered users
- on a "as needed" basis.
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- Having said that, the author would welcome bug reports, suggestions,
- praise etc... Registration costs a measly...UKĀ£30 or foreign note
- equivalent (Endnote for the Mac or Papyrus cost far more..!) and this
- entitles you to free Email support. A two week period of grace is allowed
- to evaluate this program thereafter the user should register or delete
- the application.
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- The author can be contacted at...
- Snail mail: Dr Tim Dawson, 46 Windsor Rd., Penarth, S Glam, CF64 1JJ, UK
- Email: DawsonTP@Cardiff.ac.uk
- or : DawsonTP@darwin.u-net.com
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- See the Manual supplied with this package for further information.
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- - - - C O P Y R I G H T N O T I C E - - -
- The bibliography program, !Citation, its manual, associated documents and
- files are the sole copyright of the author - Dr TP Dawson. Licence is
- given to the registered user for one active copy of the program. It may
- not be given to any third party, as a gift or for payment and a single
- copy only, may be made for back-up purposes by the registered user.
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