In article <B064305F966819E27 at asd05-25.dial.xs4all.nl> a_team at dds.nl (A-team) writes:
>In article <61j1dr$bod at mserv1.dl.ac.uk>,
><IZEMAN at fns.uniba.sk> wrote:
>>>I am looking for suitable database able to import refs in MEDLINE format.
>>It could run on MS-DOS (that one may be sufficient because we don't have
>>all PCs with Windows 95), or Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.
>>>>Does anyone know internet site for free copy of an database program
>>suitable for scientists ?
>>FileMakerPro. (www.claris.com) If you save the refs as tab-separated text,
>ard
I know of no free programs.
However, I would HIGHLY recommend EndNote Plus with EndLink, by
Niles & Assoc. http://www.niles.com. (I do not work for them -- just
a satisfied customer)
Endlink allows you to directly import search results from Medline
or just about any other database into an EndNote library. The import
filters can be modified to include/exclude exactly the information you
want/don't want.
Searches can easily be done in EndNote, either field-specific
(like author, title, year, keywords, abstract, etc), or across all
fields in a given recond. AFAIK, EndNote can work with libraries
containing tens of thousands of references. The libraries are
readable on either PC (Win3/95) or Mac. There are older versions of
EndNote/Endlink that run under DOS, but I would recommend sticking with
the newer versions.
EndNote's greatest power, in my opinion, is its seemless
integration with MS-Word/WordPerfect. As you're writing a paper, you
can include citations to references in your EndNote library. After
your paper is done, Endnote will format the citations in your paper
based on any journal style you select/design (Science, Nature, Cell,
etc), also creating the entire list of references at the end of the
paper according to which style you've selected.
