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RE: Best practices for using RM for research
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Author: Richard Abraham
Posted: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:37:00 -0800
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My pennies worth...
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> Do NOT use numerical IDs. You can't tell in the manuscript if you have
> screwed up and inserted the wrong number. It is also a disaster when
> you start to write things with other people--which in academe is the
> norm in many fields, though certainly not in all.
>
Somewhat heavy handed saying not to use numeric IDs, particularly as
it's a "disaster" when collaborating! We've used just that format for
years with little problem (and we are an academic Dept that is involved
in a huge amount of collaboration). If you've marked your ref in your
database before citing or search for it from within Word and then cite,
then regardless of numeric IDs or not, you've got the correct ref.
On an entirely separate note we've had problems with Word docs with
Author and ID format citations when generating the bibliography, i.e.
extremely slow. By switching to purely ID format citations the problem
disappeared.
This seems to be connected to Word docs that contain refs cited with Ref
Man V9.5 that are then being used with V11 (we by-passed V10/10.5). For
some reason V11 is not entirely happy with the V9.5 citations. Deleting
and re-citing also cures the problem.
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> If you don't do this, you can wind up with Parcel2004A, Parcel2004B,
> and Parcel2004C, which can be just as mysterious as 19545, 19546, and
19547.
Why are IDs mysterious? Simply right click and "Edit Citation" to view
all the related ref info. Having the Author as well as the ID does not
help much when you have several refs in your database with the same
author. You still end up looking in the Ref Man database to clarify
which is the correct ref.
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> Numerical IDs are DEATH to any sort of collaborative work.
!!
Regards,
Richard.
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