Hi,
First, I ought to make it clear that I am new to Bookends and I am migrating from Sente. Consequently my knowledge of Bookends is still embryonic and I might see things through the lens of Sente.
I have been experimenting with importing PDFs and thus creating new references. This has so far worked well except for one problem reference, which creates a problem I also encountered some time ago with Sente.
The reference is a Science (ie the AAAS journal) article downloaded from a University server, so nothing weird or obscure. If I drag and drop this PDF onto Bookends it opens the import dialogue with an automatically identified DOI, but this DOI is not that of the paper, but of another paper published in Nature. The real DOI for the Science article is where it should be - on the front page of the PDF. I guess the Nature DOI must be somewhere in the paper, but I cannot see it. It seems I cannot edit the DOI reported by Bookends, and Bookends, if told to proceed with import, will import the PDF, but attach data from the Nature paper to the reference. Is there a way I can either edit the DOI in the import pop-up window, or force Bookends to use the more interactive import method where I must enter text, DOI etc manually and then locate the PDF data via Google Scholar, for example?
thanks and all the best,
JeremyH
drag and drop import method fails due to wrong DOI
Re: drag and drop import method fails due to wrong DOI
Sometimes the DOI in the PDF is not read correctly because of formatting (for example, a return or a space when the DOI is wrapped around, or hidden characters that you can't see). You can send me the PDF in question and I can see what it is, but it's probable that the problem can't be avoided.
One easy solution is to do an Autocomplete Paper for that reference. Enter the correct DOI in the corresponding field and use PubMed as your source -- Bookends should replace the incorrect metadata. Or enter the correct DOI in the reference's DOI field and do an Autofill From Internet. Either should get you what you want.
Jon
Sonny Software
One easy solution is to do an Autocomplete Paper for that reference. Enter the correct DOI in the corresponding field and use PubMed as your source -- Bookends should replace the incorrect metadata. Or enter the correct DOI in the reference's DOI field and do an Autofill From Internet. Either should get you what you want.
Jon
Sonny Software
Re: drag and drop import method fails due to wrong DOI
If you send me a mail address I will send you the PDF; it was publicly available from a university in Florida so there are no copyright issues for you or I.
Jeremy
Jeremy