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Author: Beutner Ulrich HCARE-KSSG-CHIR
Posted: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:40:00 -0800
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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> Nancy.M.Hunter "nancyhunter"
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2005 01:35
> An: "RIS-List"
> Betreff: <RefMan> Basic question
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> Hi,
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> I hope that this is ok to post this in this forum. If not I apologise
> - I'm sure that someone will keep me right!
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> I've recently started using Reference Manager to try to organise my
> references for a potential PhD. So far I've been importing searches
> from PubMed which worked fine. I have two areas of questioning
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> 1. I have a lot of books which I intend entering into the db to keep
> track of them. If I want to keep quotations from each book am I best
> to do one reference for the book with the quotations somewhere like a
> notes field - or should I make a new reference for each quotation. (Is
> there an easy way to get content in other than typing?)
this depends on the field you are working in. In Science I would use the reference type Book chapter. If you need the Book or Book Chapter reference repeatedly with different page numbers, simply copy the reference and change the necessary data in the duplicate
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> 2. I've tried to extract my search results from other sources without
> success - things like Ingenta connect. Is there somewhere I should be
> looking to learn how to do this easily.
Books you can download using the Z39.50 protocol (option on the Internet search window) from an appropriate library (perhaps a suitable library catalogue is already in the list provided by Reference Manager). Otherwise you have to find out the settings for your desired library (and whether it offers that service at all). Many of the libraries in the Reference Manager list restrict access to local users by checking the IP number or asking for a password. Two libraries I found open are Boston University and Uni o Queensland, but there are certainly more. Second, the z39.50 protocol is an internet protocol like http using a dedicated "port", usually port 210. If you have a Firewall active (either locally on your PC or because you are in a closed network of a company or university) it might block traffic through this port (that is the purpose of a firewall). If your firewall is local, change the settings to open the port for the z39.50 protocol, otherwise you might have to ask your network administrator - usually they are not very happy to open ports. To make things even more complicated, a lot of libraries do not use the standard port 210 but any arbitrary other port number usually something high like 9900. Check the settings for a specific library (select internet in the search window, select z39.50 sites in the drop down menu to the left, click on the globe underneath, select the library of interest, click on the button configure hosts at the bottom of the window, click on your library, click on the button properties. A window will open, where you can find the port number (this is for RefMan 10, I don't know how this will work in Vers. 11)) to find out which port it is using and open the port in the firewall accordingly. (sorry, for this rather complicated explanation, unfortunately, while the z39.50 protocol should make it easier to access libraries using bibliographic programs, the ever increasing security concerns completely counteract this effort)
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> I hope that someone can make suggestions for how I should proceed as
> I'm eager to make best use of the programme.
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> BTW - is there a dummies style guide other than the manual?
Is the Output Style Wizard not sufficient? ;-)
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> Thanks for any help
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> Nancy Hunter
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Ulrich Beutner
Research Manager
St. Gallen, Switzerland
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