Special features include a built-in web browser (reference surfing), with drag and drop download of pdfs (requires institutional access privileges) and web pages from PubMed, Amazon, and Google Scholar, and the display of book cover art (Amazon).
Note: The Internet search features of Reference Miner, and much more, are built into Bookends.
This is an example of reference surfing on PubMed:
Reference Miner Update History
3.1.4
(12/24/09)
• Updated Google Scholar search to be compatible with
changes made by Google.
3.1.3
(11/1/09)
• Updated the Amazon.de search to be compatible with
changes made by Amazon.
• Fixed a problem where Japanese and other Unicode
characters in a Google Search result would not be displayed
properly.
3.1.2
(7/29/09)
• Amazon searches are signed and compliant with changes
required by Amazon.
• Search for 13 digit ISBNs.
• Minor cosmetic fixes.
3.1.1
(7/9/09)
• Full screen use of built-in browser. If you select
"Built-in Browser" from the search pop-up menu, the browser
will take up the entire search window.
• JavaScript is enabled in the built-in browser by default
and turned off at sites with known conflicts. If you
encounter such conflicts, please notify Sonny Software and
provide the problematic URL.
• Updated the parsing engine to deal with changes made in
Google Scholar.
3.1
(6/9/08)
• Search Google Scholar. Perform advanced searches that let
you specify criteria such as word or phrase, words in the
title, dates published, and more. Once they are found, use
the built-in browser to surf to reference sources on the
Internet (access privileges required) and download them
with drag and drop.
3.0
(5/2/08)
• PubMed and Amazon browser added, with drag and drop
download of pdfs and web pages. Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or
later.
2.1
(5/20/07)
• The PubMed search has been rewritten to be compatible
with changes in Entrez.
• The number of references Bookends can retrieve from
PubMed in a single download is unlimited.
2.0
(10/9/06)
• Version 2.0 is a universal binary (runs natively on PPC
and Intel Macs). Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
• The search words in the found text will be highlighted in
red when the results of a PubMed or Library of Congress
search are displayed.
1.3
(5/30/2006)
• Compatible with the revised Amazon web services. As a
result, searching Amazon.jp in Japanese works.
• The book description, if available, is now shown in the
Info Pane. The maximum number of customer reviews shown has
been increased to 5.
• Modified PubMed search so that you can once again search
for specific dates (broken by changes in PubMed).
1.2.6
(1/9/2006)
• Added Amazon.fr (France) and Amazon.ca (Canada).
1.2.5
(2/2/2005)
• Fixed another incompatibility introduced by a change in
PubMed output.
1.2.4
(12/23/2004)
• Fixed an incompatibility introduced by a change in PubMed
output.
• Minor minor cosmetic changes and bug fixes.
1.2.3
(8/25/04)
• Fixed an incompatibility resulting from changes to the
Library of Congress server (mid-August, 2004).
• The PubMed details pane indicates if indexing is ongoing
(in-process) or finished (completed).
1.2.2
(5/10/2004)
• Search Amazon Japan (Amazon.co.jp). Note that books
cannot be imported from Amazon Japan into Bookends 7.7.x
databases.
• Bug fix: double-clicking on a reference when the advanced
PubMed search drawer is open will take you to the article
on PubMed.
1.2.1
(2/26/2004)
• Use Reference Miner with a proxy server. Enter the proxy
address and port number in Reference Miner Preferences.
• Window size and position is remembered between launches.
• Close advanced search drawers by clicking and dragging on
the grab handle.
1.2
(1/12/2004)
• Search the Library of Congress. Includes a standard
(simple) search that searches the entire Library of
Congress database as well as an advanced search that lets
you perform boolean (AND, OR, NOT) searches on up to three
specific fields.
1.1
(12/2/2003)
• Amazon Power Search. Perform boolean searches for books
based upon author, title, date of publication, type of
binding (hardcover, paperback, etc.), subject matter,
keywords, and more. Results can be sorted by date of
publication, title, price, sales rank, etc.
• Improved Amazon book display. Reference information
(lower pane) is formatted for easier comprehension.
• Save book cover images as JPEGs (Control-click or
right-click on the image).
• Preferences. Set the default values for which Internet
site to search, the list font and font size, and the
display pane font and font size.
• Open multiple search windows simultaneously.
• Cosmetic changes.
1.0.1
(11/3/2003)
• Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) compatibility.
• Improved reference display for PubMed articles. Reference
information (lower pane) is shown in the PubMed citation
style.
• Automatically open the PubMed full-text article in your
browser. When you double-click on a reference or click on
the Go to PubMed button, Reference Miner will query PubMed
for the link to the full-text article and, if found, open
it in your browser. If a link is not available, or is not
found within 3 seconds, the PubMed citation will be shown
instead. Depending on your location and/or institutional
support, you may be asked for verification and/or payment
for the full-text article at the journal's web site. To
avoid the check for a full-text article, hold down the
Shift key. If more than one reference is selected when you
click on Go to PubMed, Bookends will show them all in the
PubMed citation format in your browser. You can then ask
for the full-text article in the browser.
• Print reference information. The Print Details Pane menu
item (File menu) prints the lower pane of the Reference
Miner window (contains book information and reviews
[Amazon] or the formatted citation plus abstract [PubMed]).
Use the Page Setup menu item to set printing options.
• Results of searches with 10 hits or less are shown
immediately.
1.0
(10/13/2003)
Initial release.