Exporting hits to BibTeX

[molyneux]

Just installed Bookends 8.1.1 --- most impressed by the Z39.50 searches and being able to save in several formats.

However saving (Exporting) as BibTeX seems to lose some fields --- for example the ISBN field disappears. Is there a way of configuring the fields that get exported?

Phil

[Jon]

Yes. Bookends simply uses the BibTeX format that we provide. You can modify it in any way you like (I'd select it from the list in the Format Manager window, click on the New button, rename it BibTeX ISBN or something, and edit that...).

Jon
Sonny Software

[molyneux]

Thanks for the reply --- investigating Biblio -> Format Manager... I see that Bookends is much more flexible than I thought slightly puzzled by your little language for specifying formats though --- for example in

year = ${d}, $
isbn = ${g},$

the lack of space between the }, and $ ends up with the }, not being in the BibTeX output.

Finally decided tto buy Bookends --- the combination of Z39.50 client and BibTeX output is worth it

Cheers --- Phil

[Jon]

for example in

year = ${d}, $
isbn = ${g},$

the lack of space between the }, and $ ends up with the }, not being in the BibTeX output.

Bookends uses spaces to denote what will happen when a field is empty (see the User Guide about this). It's pretty flexible, and ensures that unwanted punctuation is not output when the next item isn't there.

Jon
Sonny Software