!Citation Reference Manager (ver. 3.0) ====================================== ...Please note this program is SHAREWARE... !Citation is a reference manager which allows the storage, searching, sorting and formatting of references for direct output into technical or academic works. It should prove useful to anyone involved in writing papers or books which require extensive lists of references. It is now in its 3rd iteration and includes most of the features present on most other DOS/Windows/Apple commercial bibliography managers plus some more that are only possible through RISCOS. Generally collating citations proves to be the most tedious and error prone part of technical or academic writing. Each publisher dictates that submitted citations should be in a specific (and annoyingly unique) format so that when one re-submits a paper to another publisher all the citations have to be re-formatted. !Citation handles output in any format specified by the user using a simple script language so that once a subset of references has been selected from within the database, the style output format can be altered ad nauseum and saved for repeated use. Reference can be entered manually or via drag'n'drop from a text editor and are assigned a reference type such as "Journal", "Book", "Thesis" etc. Abstract field length is only limited by available memory and these are stored in compressed form within libraries to minimize disc usage. In addition, bulk importing of references from a plain or tagged (Refer) text file is supported so that one can collect references on, say your Psion/Pocket book or any PC as you go along, for later addition to !Citation. Support is also provided for the direct import of Medlars and BIDS computerized database output. A combination of simple script commands (entered by menu selection) and option fields allow precise specification of author format, page numbering, author truncation, reference numbering and field ordering for each of 12 reference types. The database can be flexibly searched by author/subject/keyword and duplicate entries scanned out. A proforma or format card can be used for repeating data entries to save typing and an editable list of journals and keywords facilitate easy and consistent data entry. In addition, the journal list can also hold usual journal abbreviations which can be selected for automatic substitution in output if required. Scripts allows the application of effect tags to italicise, underline or embolden specified sections of the reference output. These effect are automatically translated to DDF (Impression), RTF (Rich text format) or HTML style tags for direct import into applications which can understand these formats. This allows easy and consistent style formatting of references for use in popular RISCOS packages such as TechWriter, EasiWriter and Impression and such output may even be transferred to MSWord via RTF or used in Web publishing with HTML formatted output. References can be output singly by dragging from the displayed entry or grouped via a subset option. The selection of citation subsets is facilitated by various search options as well as plain old manual selection. !Citation will also scan text versions of manuscripts to collate the citations contained therein ready for subset output. Data is stored in dedicated library directories so it is easy to build up libraries of different references and use them in !Citation by simply dragging them to the iconbar icon. It also makes backup of such a valuable commodity a doddle (so no excuses). Library size is only limited by the disc size and speed of your machine (or your patience tolerance - libraries with several thousand entries can take a while to process for certain operations). !Citation makes extensive use of the drag and drop facilities offered by RISCOS and not available on other platforms. As well as file drag'n'drop import, text can be freely dragged in and out of various fields for editing in other applications as well as the dragging of author names for in-text citations. The flexibility of the script options also allows output in machine readable form as Tagged text, TSV or Pro-Cite files. In addition, an archive facility is available to generate CSV files of libraries for data transfer and allows upward compatibility of libraries to later versions of !Citation. The author is an academic who became frustrated at the lack of availability of such a program for the otherwise excellent RISCOS system - so he wrote one! !Citation 3.0 represents several years development work and incorporates extensive feedback from both science and humanities users. See the !Citation Web site, for up-to-date info and tips on using this application, at: http://www.darwin.u-net.com/ Conditions of use ----------------- This software is supplied "as is"; no warranty, express or implied, of the merchantability of this software or its fitness for any particular purpose is given. In no circumstances shall the providers of this software be liable for any damage, loss of profits or any indirect or consequential loss arising out of the use of this software or inability to use this software. Support will be provided only to registered users on a "as needed" basis. Having said that, the author would welcome bug reports, suggestions, praise etc... Registration costs a measly...UK£30 or foreign note equivalent (Endnote for the Mac or Papyrus cost far more..!) and this entitles you to free Email support. A two week period of grace is allowed to evaluate this program thereafter the user should register or delete the application. The author can be contacted at... Snail mail: Dr Tim Dawson, 46 Windsor Rd., Penarth, S Glam, CF64 1JJ, UK Email: DawsonTP@Cardiff.ac.uk or : DawsonTP@darwin.u-net.com See the Manual supplied with this package for further information. - - - C O P Y R I G H T N O T I C E - - - The bibliography program, !Citation, its manual, associated documents and files are the sole copyright of the author - Dr TP Dawson. Licence is given to the registered user for one active copy of the program. It may not be given to any third party, as a gift or for payment and a single copy only, may be made for back-up purposes by the registered user.