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by bvz
Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:05 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Compare/synchronize databases?
Replies: 2
Views: 3769

The most relevant example is probably NetNewsWire. I use it to monitor journals that offer tables of contents in the form of RSS feeds, which many major science journals now do. The program updates search results every time it is opened and closed using a .Mac account or an FTP server, so that ...
by bvz
Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:17 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Compare/synchronize databases?
Replies: 2
Views: 3769

Compare/synchronize databases?

I'd like to have a way to identify references that are present in one database, but absent in another. Right now the only way I have found to make sure that a database I am using is comprehensive is to fold several databases (that may, for example, be present on different machines) into one and then ...
by bvz
Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:56 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Synchronization options
Replies: 2
Views: 3839

Synchronization options

Jon, I really like being able to attach files to individual references, but I am starting to have trouble keeping track of references in different lists and of their attachments. The problem is that I (and probably many other Bookends users) work on different computers at home and at work. Would you ...
by bvz
Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:38 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookends is great... but how do I get rid of Word?
Replies: 12
Views: 13472

I used the following scheme for preparing a recent grant:

Using the Word version of NIH continuation page, I created the final version of the text with Bookends-inserted citations. I opened the resulting document in Pages and dropped in all the figures and legends. (It is hard to imagine an easier ...
by bvz
Mon May 23, 2005 9:00 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Managing search results and attachments
Replies: 5
Views: 7979

Managing search results and attachments

I'd like to request a couple of functions that might improve the already superb integration of database searching and reference management in Bookends.

The ability to mark individual references in Search Results the same way they can marked in List View. This would make full-text retrieval and ...