In article <36363BD7.59C2 at cgocable.net>, Eric Carstens
<ecarsten at cgocable.net> wrote:
> Richard P. Grant wrote:
> >
> > In article <ehovig-2610981401480001 at pcdnr83.uio.no>, ehovig at radium.uio.no> > (Eivind Hovig) wrote:
> > [re EndNote]
> > : Could you be more specific in describing the shortcomings, as I am not
> > : really aware of them?
> > Indeed - I find EndNote superb.
Now, its my turn. I've used Papyrus (for DOS) for some time and
find it cheap, powerful and flexible. I've just found that there
is also a Mac version available (albeit in beta test). If it has
(or will have) the same features as the DOS version I can heartily
recommend it.
> Okay, my views:
> I have a Reference Manager database now that numbers over 11,000
> references. Each reference is assigned a permanent, unique number in the
> database.
Papyrus does that.
> Reference Manager also has several levels of checks to ensure the
> integrity of the database including warning messages if data is
> incorrectly entered.
Papyrus does that.
> I can add references manually to my database and they are entered
> automatically with new unique record numbers continuously from the last
> record number used. If I import additional references from another
> database source, they are also given unique record numbers sequentially.
Papyrus does that.
> Finally, if I need a particular journal format for my bibliography, I
> can use premade templates supplied by Reference Manager. If I want to
> edit these....
Papyrus is extremely flexible in this respect (import and output).
> Sorry for this very long post but you asked!
Just wanted to maintain the balance. I have no commercial affiliation
with the makers of Papyrus but have found them to be very friendly
and helpful. Check them out at http://www.rsd.com for a free demo
or to join the mailing list.
Bernard
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Bernard P. Murray, PhD
Dept. Cell. Mol. Pharmacol., UCSF, San Francisco, USA
