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importing bibdesk library

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 1:37 pm
by egm1b
Hello,

I tried to import references from a BibDesk .bib file into Bookends. However the year is truncated. So once imported in my bookends library I get "013" for the year of publication rather than "2013". Any ideas as to why that might be?

Many thanks

egm1b

Re: importing bibdesk library

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:02 pm
by Jon
Please post (or send) an example of what you're trying to import.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: importing bibdesk library

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:38 am
by egm1b
I've exported my bidbesk library as .bib file

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%% This BibTeX bibliography file was created using BibDesk.
%% http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/

%% Created for Home at 2017-03-18 09:30:46 +0000 


%% Saved with string encoding Unicode (UTF-8) 



@book{Reitz2008-fj,
	Address = {New York},
	Author = {Reitz, E J and Wing, E S},
	Edition = {Second},
	Keywords = {0\_TO SORT/papers3.ris;1\_Thesis/Chapter 4;1\_Thesis/Chapter 6},
	Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
	Series = {Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology},
	Title = {Zooarchaeology},
	Year = 2008}

@article{Reitz2014-rw,
	Author = {Reitz, Elizabeth J},
	Journal = {Journal of archaeological science},
	Keywords = {Continuity; Resilience; Overfishing; Resource management; Southeastern United States; Georgia Bight; Vertebrate zooarchaeology;0\_TO SORT/papers3.ris},
	Month = jan,
	Pages = {716--731},
	Title = {Continuity and resilience in the central Georgia Bight ({USA}) fishery between 2760 {BC} and {AD} 1580},
	Volume = 41,
	Year = 2014}
Then in bookends I import using bibtex filter but once imported in Bookends, dates get truncated. If I export Bibdesk to Bookends using RIS then the date is okay but then I loose the bibtex key generated in Bibdesk.

Re: importing bibdesk library

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:51 pm
by Jon
Bookends expects the year to begin with {

So do a search/replace for

Year =

to

Year = {

in the text file and then import.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: importing bibdesk library

Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 4:45 pm
by egm1b
Many thanks Jon, that worked perfectly!

Cheers

egm1b