There is a DOS program for this which I use called REFLIST, early
versions of which are shareware. However I gather the most up to date
version is now only available commercially, though as far as I remember
the registration fee was only in the region of 30$. It does what it says
it does, but the problems I found with it is that it does no store
abstracts and it is rather tedious to enter new data. For these reasons
I actually store all my references in DBase III format using another
Shareware program called PC-File, and then export them to Reflist as
required. I have written little programs that convert from Medline and
one or two other programs into the correct format for PC-File, so that I
can download useful references complete with abstracts from Medline and
then add them to the database where they can be searched for and
browse through. It works for me.
I enclose below a note about Reflist. I imagine it should be findable in
various archives (I got it from one in England). If people are seriously
interested in getting the PC-File header and report files and conversion
programs then let me know and I will see about making them available.
Dave Curtis
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Janet: dcurtis at UK.AC.CRC
St. Mary's Hospital, Elsewhere: dcurtis at CRC.AC.UK
Praed Street, London W2. EARN/Bitnet: dcurtis%CRC at UKACRL
Tel 071-725 1993 Usenet: ...!mcsun!ukc!mrccrc!D.Curtis
A PROGRAM TO WRITE AND FORMAT REFERENCE LISTS FOR
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MANUSCRIPTS
v3.5 - (c) 1984, 1985,1986,1987
E.J.Shillitoe
5326 Dumfries Drive
Houston TX 77096
(713) 728-0596
REFLIST is a program for the IBM PC and compatible computers. It
performs the following tasks for authors of scientific and
technical manuscripts:
-- REFLIST reads a text file and finds the citations to other
publications.
-- It draws the references out of a Master File and formats the
reference list according to the style requirements of almost
any journal.
-- It can return to the text file and replace the citations
with the appropriate numbers.
--
Dave Curtis
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Janet: dcurtis at UK.AC.CRC
