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Author: Steve Johnson    Posted: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:46:07 -0500
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:46:07 -0500 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Steve Johnson Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society Subject: Procite to Access MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Recent messages re: ProCite to Access reminded me of my experience that a webmaster may ask for a file in Access or comma delimited format when what is wanted is much more simple--a file saved/printed to disk in formatted style. I would bet that most webmasters who ask for bibliographies in Access or comma delimited format don't intend to reinvent a system for correctly displaying citations for single and multiple author articles and books in a variety of academic styles. They just want to import one more piece of content and, when it comes to database content, they are accustomed to Access and Excel. When I recently provided a small bibliography (375 references) to a web site, what finally satisfied the webmaster and the programmer was an ASCII file of records output in CBE style. Their software could import a file in which one record equalled one sometimes very long line of text, corresponding to one citation. I suppose it never occured to them to ask for an ASCII file, or it seemed too technical or too old-fashioned, compared to asking for Access, comma delimited, etc. Before I suggested and provided the website with references saved to disk in ASCII format, I exported and documented files in comma delimited format, per request. The web folks imported these files into Excel and responded on at some length about why did I need all those empty fields, how would they be reassembled, why didn't I use Excel or Access for bibliographies, etc. That's when I suggested an ASCII file. The web folks were not proposing to set up a bibliographical database with sophisticated subject indexing--they were just going to publish a list of references, within which one can search with the browsers "find" and "find next" if need be. The references may also be retrieved using the site's search engine. Steven Johnson Wildlife Conservation Society

Procite to Access
Author: Andy Barrow    Posted: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:45:55 +0000
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:45:55 +0000 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Andy Barrow Subject: Procite to Access I am on leave until 8 Jan. Your email will have my full attention on my return. Urgent enquiries can be directed to Mrs. Ann Head on (023) 9284-3248 (email: Andrew Barrow Frewen Library University of Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH PO1 2ST

Vedr.: PROCITE to access 2 Jan 2001 to 3 Jan 2001 (#2001-2
Author: Torben Werner Bennedsgaard    Posted: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:47:37 +0100
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:47:37 +0100 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Torben Werner Bennedsgaard Subject: Vedr.: PROCITE to access 2 Jan 2001 to 3 Jan 2001 (#2001-2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>> 04-01-01 06:06 >>> There are 2 messages totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Procite to Access (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:46:07 -0500 From: Steve Johnson Subject: Procite to Access Recent messages re: ProCite to Access reminded me of my experience that a webmaster may ask for a file in Access or comma delimited format when what = is wanted is much more simple--a file saved/printed to disk in formatted = style. I would bet that most webmasters who ask for bibliographies in Access or = comma delimited format don't intend to reinvent a system for correctly displaying= citations for single and multiple author articles and books in a variety = of academic styles. They just want to import one more piece of content and, = when it comes to database content, they are accustomed to Access and Excel. When I recently provided a small bibliography (375 references) to a web = site, what finally satisfied the webmaster and the programmer was an ASCII file = of records output in CBE style. Their software could import a file in which = one record equalled one sometimes very long line of text, corresponding to one citation. I suppose it never occured to them to ask for an ASCII file, or = it seemed too technical or too old-fashioned, compared to asking for Access, = comma delimited, etc. Before I suggested and provided the website with references saved to disk = in ASCII format, I exported and documented files in comma delimited format, = per request. The web folks imported these files into Excel and responded on = at some length about why did I need all those empty fields, how would they be reassembled, why didn't I use Excel or Access for bibliographies, etc. = That's when I suggested an ASCII file. The web folks were not proposing to set up = a bibliographical database with sophisticated subject indexing--they were = just going to publish a list of references, within which one can search with = the browsers "find" and "find next" if need be. The references may also be = retrieved using the site's search engine. Steven Johnson Wildlife Conservation Society -

Procite to Access
Author: Ballo,Janice R    Posted: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:41:15 -0400
Has anyone had success moving data from Procite to Access? Any tips or tricks? Thanks Janice Redington Ballo R304 Knowledge Management Services The MITRE Corporation 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S N160, McLean, VA 22102, Phone:703/983-5445; Fax: 703/983-3350 e-mail:

Re: Procite to Access
Author: David Burton    Posted: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:34:35 -0500
Janice Check with the National Park Service. They used Procite for a major national data base efforts. When they wanted to make the database web accessable, it's my understanding that they developed method of moving the data to Access. I'm away from my office right now so I don't have the contact names that I think I still have in my files but try finding the database on the web. When I get back to the offfice, I'll try to find the contact I info. David Burton Aspen Delineation Project --- Original Message --- From: "Ballo,Janice R." /> To: /> Subject: Procite to Access >Has anyone had success moving data from Procite to Access? Any tips or >tricks? >Thanks > >Janice Redington Ballo =20 >R304 Knowledge Management Services=20 >The MITRE Corporation=20 >7515 Colshire Drive, M/S N160, McLean, VA 22102,=20 >Phone:703/983-5445; Fax: 703/983-3350=20 >e-mail: =20 > >=20

Re: Procite to Access
Author: David Burton    Posted: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:52:03 -0500
Janice I found some web pages that might lead you to some answers www.nature.nps.gov/nrbib http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx? q=2127297519049&lang=en-US&FORM=CVRE3 This second web link is from a google cache and it contains the persons name that I think I have in my office. David Wendy Schumacher--970/225-3548 -- Original Message --- From: David Burton /> To: /> Subject: Re: Procite to Access >Janice > >Check with the National Park Service. They used >Procite for a major national data base efforts. When >they wanted to make the database web accessable, it's >my understanding that they developed method of moving >the data to Access. I'm away from my office right now >so I don't have the contact names that I think I still >have in my files but try finding the database on the >web. When I get back to the offfice, I'll try to find >the contact I info. > >David Burton >Aspen Delineation Project > >--- Original Message --- >From: "Ballo,Janice R." /> >To: /> >Subject: Procite to Access > >>Has anyone had success moving data from Procite to >Access? Any tips or >>tricks? >>Thanks >> >>Janice Redington Ballo =20 >>R304 Knowledge Management Services=20 >>The MITRE Corporation=20 >>7515 Colshire Drive, M/S N160, McLean, VA 22102,=20 >>Phone:703/983-5445; Fax: 703/983-3350=20 >>e-mail: =20 >> >>=20

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