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- From Humanist, probably of interest to Ibid. and anti-Ibid. people on this
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 21:32:26 EDT
- Reply-To: Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear <EDITORS@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
- Sender: "HUMANIST: Humanities Computing" <HUMANIST@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
- From: Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear <EDITORS@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
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- Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0227. Sunday, 13 Sep 1992.
-
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:35:22 -0400
- From: stigle@cs.unca.edu
- Subject: Announcing BIBSOFT list
-
-
- **********************************************************************
- Cross-posted to PACS-L, BI-L, MEDLIB-L, PRO-CITE, ENDNOTE, LIBMASTR,
- HUMANIST, VPIEJ-L, AND ASKSAM-L.
- **********************************************************************
-
- The following is an announcement of a new list for bibliographic
- software discussions.
-
- **********************************************************************
-
- Welcome to the BITNET list BIBSOFT
- September 8, 1992
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- BIBSOFT ON LISTSERV@INDYCMS.BITNET
- BIBSOFT ON LISTSERV@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (134.68.1.1)
-
-
- WHAT IS BIBSOFT:
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- BIBSOFT is an international electronic forum for anyone
- interested in discussing software designed for personal
- bibliographic database management.
-
- Some examples of relevant topics for BIBSOFT:
- How to choose a program
- Comparisons of programs
- Downloading from library catalogs and other databases:
- It sounds so easy; why is it so hard?
- Standards and formats for bibliographic information
- Citation formatting -- how well does it work?
- When not to use a bibliography software program
- How to organize and conduct a user group
- Training tips
- Clever uses of programs
- Features you'd like but can't find in any programs
- Conceptual models for managing bibliographic information
- (These topics are just suggestions to indicate the scope of BIBSOFT.)
-
- BIBSOFT is not restricted to a particular software program or
- hardware platform. The following programs are examples of
- dedicated bibliography software. The electronic mail addresses
- following some programs are for computer conferences devoted
- to that program.
- BiB/Search
- BRS/Search (brs-l@uscvm.bitnet)
- dms4Cite
- EndNote and EndNote Plus (endnote@ucsbvm.bitnet)
- Library Master (libmastr@uottawa.bitnet;
- libmastr@acadvm1.uottawa.ca)
- Papyrus
- Pro-Cite (procite-l@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu)
- Reference Manager
- Scientific Reference System II
-
- [What!? No Ibid.??? JEK]
-
- In addition, some people use the following text database
- programs for citations:
-
- askSam (asksam-l@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu)
- Cardbox-Plus
- ideaList
- Notebook II
- Paperbase De Luxe
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- WHO IS BIBSOFT FOR:
-
- People trying to choose a program
- Librarians and others who consult with users
- People who conduct training in one or more programs
-
- [Listserv instructions deleted. JEK]
-
- Owners: Jim Morgan <morganj@indyvax.bitnet>
- <morganj@indyvax.iupui.edu>
- Automation Librarian
- Ruth Lilly Medical Library
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- 975 W. Walnut
- Indianapolis, IN 46202
- (317) 274-1408 FAX (317) 274-2088
-
- Sue Stigleman <stigle@cs.unca.edu>
- Writer, consultant, and computer science major
- at University of North Carolina at Asheville
- PO Box 8074
- Asheville, NC 28814-8074
- (704) 251-9059
-
-