Two libraries in one doc?

[Blot]

Hi all

I have two distinct Bookend libraries, one for books and one for films. I don't particularly want to combine them. Is it possible to use both libraries to produce bibliographies and citations in a single document? I use Mellel.

Thanks in advance

[Jon]

No, that's not possible. You can of course keep your libraries separate for everyday work but merge them when needed to create a third library you use just for scanning. This FAQ describes several simple ways to merge libraries

https://www.sonnysoftware.com/support/f ... -libraries?

In your case you could create a new empty library and and drag and drop references from each individual library onto it.

Note that you can segregate discrete disciplines in a single library in several ways, the easiest perhaps being smart groups. For example, you might have a smart group that finds all references whose Type is Film (or whatever). Select it and any live searches you do will be restricted to your film references.

Jon
Sonny Software

[Blot]

Yes, I've thought for a long time that merging may be inevitable.

However, I use so many static groups and folders in both libraries, and there are so many items in each library, I wonder whether it would be stable.

I will look into it again.

Thanks

[Jon]

You can copy/paste smart groups from one library to another. Note static groups, of course. The number of groups shouldn't matter (and they can be organized in folders/subfolders to keep things neat).

Jon
Sonny Software