In article <barnesw-240594170134 at barnes-mac6.rockefeller.edu>,
<barnesw at rockvax.rockefeller.edu> writes:
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> From: barnesw at rockvax.rockefeller.edu (Stew Barnes)
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> Subject: wanted: free/shareware ref mgr for Windows
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>> Does anyone know of a good freebie or cheapie reference manager for
> Windows? I really need it for writing papers and my thesis, but the
> commercial packages seem to be very expensive. Thanks in advance.
I used Papyrus - from Research Software Design, for several years and found it
to be a very good value (it costs $99). Version 7 is a DOS program, but works
well with all Windows word processors. Its only limitation is an inability to
deal with symbols well -- which is basically a Windows/Ascii problem.