F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template. 1999

Last Update: August, 18, 1999

Web References on personal bibliographic software

I am providing here references to web resources on bibliography formatting (i.e. BFS) or so-called personal bibliographic software.

When I started collecting them, I was searching for resources that would provide explanation about what this kind of software is worth for, that would describe its main features, outline the differences from other similar software families, describe specific features of the packages and analyze their performances. I have not found many of this kind. Most of the web pages that I have gathered are made up of lists of products and of links to software producers' pages.

As for producers' sites, I am giving the very essential reference. There is much more right there at their sites and it is continuously updated.
Thereby one can find a rich amount of information (though understandably biased) and physical resources related to: company, products, prices, demos, general overviews and screen-shots, versions, upgrades, FAQs, import filters, output styles, discussion list, bibliography, companion software, reviews, press releases...

I have tried to include sites regarding:
- discussion lists (see producers' home pages for those regarding specific products)
- electronic journals
- general: the more general category covering reviews and overviews, comparison grids, survey results, general information and advice
- software products information, producers' home pages
- online guides and workbooks for specific products.

Not covered categories
I have tried not to include:
- references to products that are no longer supported;
- pages only containing specific instructions to download data from bibliographic databases (e.g. Ovid, PubMed ...) and/or local library OPACs to the software package adopted by the institution supporting the site. Because of the success and diffusion of this kind of software, there is an ever increasing number of them;
- dealers' pages;
- pages briefly introducing only the specific software adopted and supported by the institution;
- reviews of a single product;
- pages mentioning the topic only because it is a subject of an academic program of studies;
- threads in e-forums;
- pages that I could not even guess the meaning of, in languages other than: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian.
For all that I have provided just a few samples at the end of this list under the "not covered category" "category".

00 E-MAIL DISCUSSION LISTS (1)

Archives of BIBSOFT@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU Discussion of Software for Citations and Bibliographies
Updated: Continuously -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
To subscribe send a message "suscribe BIBSOFT your name" to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU. Mirror site at: http://link.tsl.state.tx.us/j/journals/zb/zbibsoft/.

01 E-JOURNALS (2)

Biblio Tech Review : News, Analysis and Comment / Peter Evans (editor)
Updated: Continuously -- Last visited: July/30/1999
Online serial that includes sections on IOLS, BFS and reformatting software with news, reviews and comparative tables.
ISSN 1463-7146

Information Research : an Electronic Journal / Published by the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield
Updated: June/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Online quarterly journal with news and reviews also covering BFS, e.g. EndNote at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/publications/infres/sofrev01.html.
ISSN 1368-1613

02 GENERAL (40)

Bibliographic Database Management Shareware for Windows Users / Kurt F. Wendt Library - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
"This section contains selected bibliographic database management shareware for Windows users. It includes links to sites where users can FTP the shareware and links to creator's home page, when available. Additionally, there is a brief summary of each software's features, with detailed instructions for some shareware".


Bibliographic Management Software Programs for Windows / University Library UC Davis- Health Sciences Library, Melvyl
Updated: July/9/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Evaluation grid comparing: Reference Manager, ProCite and EndNote.


Bibliographic Software / CSIRO
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Just a very short list of links to products' main sites, dealers and reviews.


Bibliographic Software / Steve Osborne
Updated: Dec./31/1998 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
Big and rich resource site with long list -in table form- of products and links to original web resources (products, producers, tools ...) and to analogous web pages. Mirror site at: http://www.scholarquest.com.


Bibliographic Software / CHEST
Updated: July/29/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Presentation records for some 10 bibliographic packages, mostly true BFS.


Bibliographic Software Adding New Features, Becoming Web Savvy / Robert Finn
Updated: Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Online edition of a printed article published in "The Scientist", Vol:10, n.14, p. 18-19 (July 8, 1996).


Bibliographical Management and Note-Taking / University of Toronto, CHASS-Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences
+ no longer supported page. It contained introduction and overview also with presentation of software programs.


Bibliographical Software / Herve. de Villemeur (CNRS, Rennes)
Updated: May/20/1997 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Links to original web resources on BFS packages.


Bibliography (BibTeX) Tools / Dana Jacobsen
Updated: Mar./23/1995 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
List of tools especially designed for working with BibTeX.


Bibliography-Building Software Eases A 'Cruel' Task / Franklin Hoke
Updated: Jan./11/1993 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Online version of an article published in "The Scientist", Vol:7, #1, January 11, 1993.


Bibliography Formatting Software: Bibliography / Carolyn Kotlas (compiler)
Updated: Aug./19/1996 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
One page giving information on writings by Sue Stigleman.


Bibliography Management Software Evaluation / Valerie L. Reid (Henry Ford Hospital, Sladen Library)
Updated: Dec./1997? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
"This is a review of the available bibliographic management software packages with accompanying recommendations. The evaluation was conducted between September and November 1997, and the final report was submitted in December 1997". Sections: Objectives, Research, Comparison of the programs, Recommendations, Bibliography.


Bibliography Managing / [Georgia State University. Department of Chemistry]
Updated: Nov./25/1996 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Only links to other web resources on BFS packages.


Bibliography Software / Dana Jacobsen
Updated: Jan./17/1995 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
Mostly links to web resources and tools for BibDB BibTex, converters etc. One of the worldwide most cited resource on the topic; apparently no longer updated.


Bibliography Software / Matthias Winterhager (Universität Bielefeld, IWT Institut für Wissenschafts und Technikforschung)
Updated: Aug./1/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Mostly a page of links to BFS programs' pages and other web resources.


BibTex : Les Références Bibliographiques Et Les Index / Loria: Laboratoire lorrain de recherche en informatique et ses applications
Updated: Apr./6/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
French page with long list of addresses relating mostly to BibTeX.


Chorus : Exploring New Media in the Arts and Humanities / Todd Blayone (editor) and The College Writing Program, University of California, Berkeley (sponsor)
Updated: Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Section on Electronic Research edited by John Norman. Very rich with reviews, comparison grids, tables, links, list of known BFS and more general notes. Mirror site sponsored by National Library of Canada at: http://www.chorus.cycor.ca/bibliography/index.html .


Cibbarelli's Surveys User Ratings of Bibliographic Citation Management Software / Pamela Cibbarelli
Updated: Mar./29/1995 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Users rate EndNote, NotaBene IBID, Library Master, Papyrus, ProCite, Reference Manager; survey article originally published in "Computers in libraries",15, 4(Apr. 1995), p. 25-38.


Citation Management Software (UTK Library Guide to Research #72) / Ann Viera and University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Brief introduction to this family of software packages.


CTICH Brief Guide to Bibliographical Software / University of Glasgow, CTICH-The Computer Teaching Initiative Centre for History, Archaeology and Art History
Updated: June/29/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
General introduction and overview, presentation of 3 BFS packages.


Downloading Bibliographic References / Biomedical Libraries of Dartmouth College
Updated: Feb./9/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Brief presentation of EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager and FileMaker-Pro with special regard to downloading bibliographic data from a variety of sources and converting them in format suitable to those packages.


Electronic Resources, Bibliographic Management Software / UNSW University of New South Wales
Updated: Apr./8/1999 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
"The UNSW library has arranged free supply of one bibliographic software package, Papyrus". It mainly consists of links to other web resources.


Evaluation of Reference Management Software : Comparing Papyrus With ProCite, Reference Manager, Endnote, Citation, GetARef, Biblioscape, Library Master, Bibliographica, Scribe, Refs / Maggie Shapland (University of Bristol)
Updated: July/28/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Follow up of the evaluation work published on the web on March 1998. Comparison grids an discursive comments. New features and programs added, more recent versions considered.


Evaluation of Reference Management Software (Comparing Papyrus With ProCite, Reference Manager, Idealist, Endnote, GetARef, Citation 7) / Maggie Shapland (University of Bristol)
Updated: Mar./6/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Review article comparing the packages mentioned in the title, with evaluation grids and comments.


FloWeb Bibliography Management Resources / Steve Hilliard (UGA Research Services)
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Result of a survey on 4 products (Reference Manager, ProCite, Papyrus, EndNote) conducted through dedicated e-mail discussion lists thanks to subscribers' support.


Gestores Personales De Bases De Datos Bibliográficas : Manejando Referencias / Rafael Bravo Toledo
Updated: Oct./1996? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
General overview and presentation of Papyrus, ProCite, Reference Manager, EndNote. Published in: "Information World" (in Spanish), n. 48, Oct. 1996. Many links to products and web resources.


Guide to Digital Resources 1996-98 / Michael Fraser, Sarah Porter, Sophie Clarke (eds.), and CTI Textual Studies (Oxford)
Updated: Mar./27/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
One section of the guide covers BFS products like: Citation 7, Library Master, Papyrus, EndNote, Reference Manager: http://info.ox.ac.uk/ctitext/resguide/resources/r105.html.


Guide to IT Resources - Writing and Research Tools / University of Huddersfield
Updated: Apr./6/1977 -- Last visited: Aug./13/1999
Short page with "identity cards" for writing and research tools including BFS like Reference Manager, papyrus, EndNote etcc-.


Inputting CD-ROM Records : A Comparison of Bibliographic Software / Thomas J. Walker and P. M. Choate
Updated: 1994? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Online version of an article published in . "BioScience" 44 (1994), p. 269-271, comparing ProCite, Reference Manager, EndNote.


Making the Online Connection With Bibliographic-Database Software / Franklin Hoke
Updated: June/27/1994 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Online version of an article published in "The Scientist", Vol. 8, n. 13, p.18, June 27, 1994.


Overview of Per sonal Bibliographic Software / CTI Textual Studies (Oxford)
Updated: May/12/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Overview, links, short presentations for 9 packages relating to bibliography management: Biblioscape 3.3; Bookends Plus 5; Bookwhere2000 v.3.0; Citation 7; EndNote 3.0.1; Library Master; Papyrus 7.0; ProCite 4; Reference Web Poster.


Personal Bibliographic Databases Software : Demonstration and Consultation Service / Andrew Shimp and David Stern
Updated: 1998 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
SCOPA Grant, Final Report: review of EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite, AskSam.


Personal Bibliography Software / Douglas Morton
Updated: Mar./1999 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
Author's notes on the subject, with discursive introduction, many links, bibliography of printed literature and other web resources.


Personal File Management / UMKC University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Medicine
Updated: Mar./1997 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Brief and practical handout on physical management of files (subject arrangement) and bibliographic file management software.


Personal Research Assistants : A Review of 3 Major Personal Bibliographic Management Tools / Peter Evans
Updated: Sept./1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Review article, with comparison grid, of the Windows versions of three packages: Reference Manager, EndNote, ProCite. Published in the online serial: Biblio Tech Review; see also at: http://wkweb3.cableinet.co.uk/biblio/html/pbms.html.


Program Für Hantering Av Bibliografiska Referenser / Thomas Trakell (LinkÒpings Universitetsbibliotek)
Updated: June/23/1997 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
Long list with links to original pages for the individual software packages. Not much information on its own.


Reference Managers / Judy Matthews
Updated: July/29/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Review article on: Bibliographica 6.5 / Leslie Behm; Bookends Plus 5 / Demetrios Ioannides; Bookwhere? 2000 3.0 (beta) / Michael Lorenzen; Citation 7.0 / Tom Volkening ; EndNote 3.0.1 / Michael Simmons ; Papyrus 7.0 / Leslie Behm & Judy Matthews ; ProCite 4.03 / Demetrios Ioannides ; Reference Manager 9.0 (beta) / Demetrios Ioannides. Latest to appear, a bit out of date nevertheless, because -as Matthews reckons: "Reviewing software products is similar to shooting at a moving target". Published in the section "Software Reviews" of "Nature", Vol. 400, no 6743 (29 July 1999).


Software Voor Persoonlijke-Documentatiesystemen / Leon Osinski
Updated: 1999 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
In Dutch. Introduction to this family of software outlining its main features. Section 4 of "Databases de Baas".


A Student's Guide to Citing References - Bibliographic Software Packages / Information Services at the University of Birmingham
Updated: Feb./6/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Organized resource with sections on: Introduction; Citing printed resources; Citing electronic resources; Managing your references; Bibliographic software; Software reviews; Bibliographic software packages; Further Reading.


Sue Stigleman's Home Page / Sue Stigleman
Updated: Jan./17/1997 -- Last visited: July/30/1999
This is the home page of (one of) the gurus of BFS' literature. She has published very important articles on bibliography formatting software in the "Database" journal. It's a pity that the pages are not updated, mostly with dead-links.

03 GUIDES (17)

Basic Guide to Using ProCite / Garry Hall, Alison Hunter, Ilona Eberle, and The University of Southern Queensland Library
Updated: Feb./1997 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999


EndNote Plus 2, Endlink Pour MacIntosh / Bruno Didier (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
Updated: Nov./4/1997 -- Last visited: Aug./6/1999
Guide, in French, with web and printed literature references.


Getting Started With EndNote: An Introduction to EndNote Features and Commands / University of Michigan
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999


Getting Started With Procite 3.2 for Windows : A Self Help Workbook / I. H. Cherry (University of Northumbria at Newcastle)
Updated: Feb./1997 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
See copy at: http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/procbook.htm by the same title and content and different author [sic].


Getting Started With Procite 3.2 for Windows : A Self Help Workbook / Moira Bent (University of Northumbria at Newcastle)
Updated: Feb./1997 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Same as: http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/isd/procbook.htm by the same title and content and different author [sic!]; mirror at: http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/division/library/procbook.htm.


Getting Started With ProCite: An Introduction to ProCite Features and Commands / University of Michigan
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999


Intermediate Guide to Using ProCite / Garry Hall, Alison Hunter, Ilona Eberle, and The University of Southern Queensland Library
Updated: Feb./1997 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999


Managing Your References / Boole Library -University College Cork
Updated: Nov./19/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Tutorial guide to Reference Manager version 8 .


[ProCite] Course Notes / The University of Warwick
Updated: Nov./1995 -- Last visited: Aug./6/1999
Guide on Windows 3.0 version.


Procite : Guide De Saisie De Donnªes / Francine Pilon [?] (Universitª du Quªbec õ Hull)
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Guide -in French- to entering data into a ProCite database.


Procite Tutorial / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Services Center
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999


Quick Guide : How to Use Reference Manager / University of Virginia Health Science center
Updated: 1998? -- Last visited: Aug./13/1999
One-page tutorial not yet to version 9.


Reference Manager Class Quick Guide (v. 8) / Health Sciences Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Education Programs
Updated: July/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
"This is meant as an outline in using this program. It does not replace the more detailed information found in the manual".


Reference Manager Tipsheets Windows Version 7 / Frank Davis and University of Wisconsin - Madison, Health Sciences Libraries
Updated: July/15/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./13/1999


Reference Manager Tutorial / University of Nebraska Medical Center, McGoogan Library of Medicine
Updated: Oct./26/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./13/1999
Mostly on entering references by import from other sources.


Using Procite 4 / Ohio State University, Department of Sociology
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Very short "guide".


Using Procite and Bibliolink : An Introduction : A Mini-Guide to the SAFS Network / University of Wales, Bangor
Updated: Dec./1996 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999

04 SOFTWARE PRODUCTS (23)

BiblioCite / The Daedalus Group Inc. (Austin TX)
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


Bibliographica / SeeCite Software
Updated: May/3/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


BiblioMacPc / Bernard Lassalle (Universitª des Sciences et Technologie de Lille)
­ ? cannot be retrieved, last attempt: 07/30/1999. Presentation card of a French product.


Biblioscape / CG Information
Updated: July/31/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./6/1999
See also "Bibliorama: a monthly newsletter for Biblioscape" at: http://www.biblioscape.com/bibliorama_9908.htm.


BibTeX
Updated: Dec./12/1996 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
"BibTeX is a program and file format designed by Oren Patashnik and Leslie Lamport in 1985 for the LaTeX document preparation system".


Bookend Plus / Sonny Software
Updated: Aug./5/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./6/1999


Citation : Bibliographic and Research Note Database Software Notabene / Oberon Development Ltd.
Updated: July/10/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


EndNote / ISI Researchsoft
Updated: May/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


GetARef / Adept Scientific plc
Updated: 1999? -- Last visited: Aug./3/1999


Laimen / Liman
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
German site devoted to a series of products for personal bibliographic work: Liman Literaturmanager, Liman Kurztitelsucher.


Library Master / Balboa Software
Updated: July/23/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


LiteRat - Die Wissenschaftliche Literaturverwaltung
Updated: Sept./16/1998 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
German site devoted to a specific package.


Logidoc
­ ? cannot be retrieved, last attempt: 08/02/99. Presentation card of a French product.


NotaBene
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


Papyrus / Research Software Design
Updated: July/14/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


PowerRef / ChemInnovation Software Inc.
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


ProCite / ISI Researchsoft
Updated: May/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Also described at ISIS's page: http://www.isinet.com/prodserv/refman.html.


Reference '97, Scientific Literature Manager / Jaco Voorham
­ ? cannot be retrieved, last attempt: 08/02/1999.


Reference Manager / ISI Researchsoft
Updated: May/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Also described at ISIS's page: http://www.isinet.com/prodserv/refman.html.


RefMaker 32
Updated: Apr./25/1998 -- Last visited: Sept./8/1999


Refs / Tim Cutts
Updated: 19?? -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


Scholar's Aid / Scholar's Aid Inc.
Updated: July/3/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999


Scribe Collection Manager SCM / Scribe SA
Updated: July/29/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./3/1999

04 SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - COMPANION (4)

BibStuff - Bibliographic Record Manipulation Software / University of Wisconsin-Madison The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
Updated: July/18/1996 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
"The BibStuff distribution contains a number of utilities for searching through refer-format bibliographic records".


Data Magician / Folland Software Services
Updated: July/7/1997 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Not a BFS or citation manager at all, but an indispensable companion: pure conversion tool to reformat bibliographic data (to and from: ProCite, Library Master, micro CDS/ISIS, USMARC, Inmagic, any tagged and delimited formats).


OnCite : a Training Program for ProCite for Windows 3.1 / Systematics Information Systems Pty Limited
Updated: Dec./17/1997 -- Last visited: Aug./9/1999
OnCite is a self-paced training program for users of ProCite for Windows: it operates as a Windows Help file, with hypertext links between topics.


Reference Web Poster Product Information / ISI ResearchSoft
Updated: 1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
"With Reference Web Poster you can post databases from Reference Manager, ProCite and EndNote on the Web. Colleagues with a browser can search these databases and import references into their own reference managers".

05 NOT COVERED CATEGORY (SAMPLE) (8)

Bibliographic Citation Software Support / University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries
Updated: May/13/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./2/1999
Library support for users in order to retrieve bibliographic data from the local OPAC and other databases, and to download them into EndNote: the UW supported BFS package.


Biblogic : Reference Database Manager / Steve Champion (Biblogic Computer Services)
Updated: ­ -- Last visited: ­
Shareware, DOS application no longer supported (personal correspondence with the Author: biblogic@gte.net), see also at: http://home1.gte.net/biblogic/.


Procite 4.0 Powerful Reference Database Manager / Franklin Tessler
Updated: Mar./1999 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
Short review article on a single package, published in: "MacWorld online", March 1999.


ProCite at Aston University
Updated: 1997 -- Last visited: Aug./5/1999
A kind of leaflet on how to make use of this resource available on site.


Reference Manager : Features and Benefits / The Queen's University of Belfast
Updated: 1999 -- Last visited: Aug./13/1999


SciFinder 5.0 - SciFinder Scholar 3.0 : Importing Data From SciFinder 5.0 and SciFinder Scholar 3.0 into EndNote V3 or V2, ProCite V4, and Reference Manager V9 / CAS-Chemical Abstracts Service
Updated: Aug./24/1999 -- Last visited: Aug./24/1999
"As a service to our SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar customers, CAS is providing these files for the purpose of importing SciFinder data into the appropriate third party applications" Interesting and rather unique example of information database provider who cares about personal bibliographic management tools.


Sum: Bibliographical Software in LINGUIST List 5.742 Sun 26 Jun 1994 / John Aske
Updated: June/25/1994 -- Last visited: Aug./6/1999
"This is a summary of the replies to my query about bibliographicsoftware on the LINGUIST List (Vol-5-715. Mon 20 Jun 1994. ISSN:1068-4875) plus additional information that I have been able to gather from other sources".


Using a Computer in Biblical and Theological Studies: 2. Writing Tools / Harry Hahne (Tyndale Seminary, Toronto)
Updated: 1999 -- Last visited: Aug./6/1999
BFS are mentioned in passing in the context of a program of studies along with other management tools.

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Last Update: August, 18, 1999