Sonny Software

good tips - thanks... i'll give that method a try (although I'm waiting for DevonThink 2 before I take that plunge...)

Jon wrote:You'll have to ask your IT people how to configure your computer for their server.

they're not too helpful - has anyone on this forum successfully used a university library (that requires authentication) as a proxy similarly to how I described? if so, exactly how did you do it?

ok - i guess that's how it has to be.... but it either 1. causes a huge buildup of duplicate pdfs in my attachments folder, or 2. substantially increases my work effort by not allowing me to simply grab all the references (with pdfs) that pubmed pulls down and then use "remove duplicates" to get rid ...

No, Bookends has no idea if the pdf already exists or not. You have to tell Bookends not to download the pdf again by unchecking Get PDF.

The number after the PMID is a random number to distinguish the pdfs.

Jon
Sonny Software
is that random number assigned by bookends? if so, then bookends ...

Bookends 10.1.3 will use the proxy info it finds in System Preferences automatically. So make sure the proxy setup there is correct. The username/password is there if you are going through an authenticating proxy server.

Jon
Sonny Software
yeah, i guess that's my question - how do i set it up ...

Hi,

It's not a bad idea, but of course you can have many databases. If the attachment isn't found in the db you are using to search, it may belong to another.

Jon
Sonny Software
When I have Bookends download a PDF, it puts it in the attachments folder and gives it a label, say "Hartman et al ...

I can login to my university's library webpage (beckerproxy.wustl.edu), supply my username:password, and from there search Pubmed (via a web browser) with access to all PDFs through our subscriptions.

I can also login to our VPN, and then fire up Bookends to search pubmed and download all PDFs ...

i posted this info in another thread, but it seems appropriate for this one as well:

Maybe i'm doing things inefficiently (??). I have a database called PDF_library that contains all references for which I have actual papers on disk. I consider this to be my "master database". I also create other ...

yes - doing it right now and it works fine - it's just like i'm on campus.

I was about to post with this exact question when I found this old one....

So here is my situation, maybe i'm doing things inefficiently (??). I have a database called PDF_library that contains all references for which I have actual papers on disk. I consider this to be my "master database". I also ...

I've got my internal cache set to 200mb - I've got 1gb of RAM... is there a limit to the size of the database that i can have? i currently have one with ~40000 references, and it's 195mb... it seems like it's getting a bit large for the program to deal with effectively...

thanks!

rich