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The dedicated version of Reference Manager for use across a network
now has all the acclaimed features of the personal version - and additional
ones too. STEPHANIE MARSHALL reports.
Many of the enhancements featured in the new version 10 of Reference
Manager, the world’s most widely-respected bibliographic software,
really come into their own in the special “Network Version”
of the application. Ideal for departmental use and collaborative working,
Reference Manager Network Version now offers the same dynamic features
as the single user version, as well as two powerful new research tools.
The first of these enables users of OmniViz Pro software to access it
directly through the Reference Manager interface. OmniViz Pro, the only
available data visualisation program that can analyse both textual and
numeric information in the same framework, provides users with a visual
interpretation of their reference data, allowing for easy recognition
of relevant trends and patterns within this data.
In addition, implementation of the OpenURL standard in Reference Manager
means that if a site has installed a Link Server such as the SFX server,
then from each reference, users will have access to related, virtual links
that allow them to navigate between independently supported online databases.
This technology of linking databases to each other at the document level
enables Reference Manager to become a powerful linking system.
Reference Manager 10 has seen the introduction of an enhanced ‘Cite
While You Write’ feature which offers greater efficiency in writing
and research. The software now instantly formats a finished bibliography
as users cite references in the document. It has also made sharing documents
for collaborative writing easier than ever with the new travelling library.
Documents contain complete reference data for all citations. Wherever
the document goes, the references travel with it ready for colleagues
to add, delete and reformat citations in the same document.
Reference Manager 10 Network Version now has four dedicated fields in
each reference for storing links to full-text documents, PDF files, image
files and more. The linked information can be stored on the internet or
on any accessible hard drive or network server for quick retrieval and
review. Additional improvements include over 150 new content files, including
output styles, import filters and connection files, making it easier to
connect to and import data from a wide variety of online sources.
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