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Author: Dr Richard Mailman
Posted: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:05:00 -0800
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Becky/Torre:
This has been a constant problem since the inclusion of this feature
with Ver. 10.
If the available databases do not contain the cited reference with
EXACTLY THE SAME REFERENCE ID, the program assumes they are different
references and increments them with a,b,c, etc. [all of the data is
contained within each citation in the document (use the ViewFieldCodes
command in Word to see this). This is good so that if a section of text
is deleted, the reference information remains. This is bad because the
program does not attempt to reconcile duplicates except against
available databases.
At a minimum, there should be a way to have the cited reference merged
into an available database, a temporary database be created, or other
check that recognizes that the same reference is cited repeatedly (the
latter certainly should be possible).
A related problem is that if you format a reference (e.g., superscripts
or subscripts), or if a downloaded reference has an ISI vs medline ID,
they may not be recognized as duplicates by the program. If you then
manually delete one from the database, any citation to the other ID will
automatically give this very problem.
The only solution is to replace every instance of the citation with the
same reference in an available database. DO THIS USING REVERT TO
ORIGINAL TEXT, NOT THE EDIT_CITATION(S) BUTTON ON THE TOOLBAR (the
latter can cause what I term a "frameshift" that can move all of the
references in your document to incorrect places in the text). If you do
follow the latter, rather than former procedure, I can promise that you
will eventually be sorry.
Richard
Richard B. Mailman, Ph.D.
"richard_mailman"
Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Neurology, and Medicinal
Chemistry 7001C NC Neurosciences Hospital University of North Carolina
School of Medicine Chapel Hill NC 27599-7160 USA Voice 919.966.2484; FAX
919-966-9604; Mobile 919.260.7976
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From: "listmaster"
"mailto:listmaster"
On Behalf Of "Tore.Nielsen[????????????
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:30 PM
To: "RIS-List"
Subject: Re: <RefMan> Travelling Library
Becky,
I have had problems with duplicates in the traveling library. One
whole book citation in particular was recited in the text and the ref
library as e.g., Hartmann, 1992a, 1992b....1992x. I was able to work
around it by converting to original text, deleting the whole reference
list and regenerating it from scratch. The problem has recurred a couple
of times with the same book citation, probably because (I assume) I
copied parts of an older document into a new one. I would be curious to
know if there is an easier way to avoid this problem.
Tore Nielsen
Professor, Psychiatry, U Montreal
Director
Dream & Nightmare Lab
Montreal Sacre-Coeur Hospital
"Becky.Skidmore" UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR.
wrote:
Hello:
I am int! erested in knowing how people might be using the Travelling
Library. I find it odd that each instance of a citation is exported into
the Travelling Library, creating multiple duplicates for records that
are cited more than once. Has this caused problems for anyone or do they
just de-dupe?
Thanks for your assistance.
Regards,
Becky Skidmore, BA, MLS
Information Specialist
Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment
600-865 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON, Canada
EMail: "beckys"
Tel: (613) 226-2553, ext. 228
Fax: (613) 226-5392
www.ccohta.ca
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