Re: Group power

[Paul von Hippel <pvh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The wished-for bibliographic resources are, to a large degree, already
available.

As you know, there are large on-line research databases (INSPEC,
PSYCHINFO) that are indexed by keyword, among other things.

To sort and format information from these databases, many of you probably
use the programs EndLink and EndNote, available commercially from Niles
Associates (www.niles.com).

EndLink can download selected on-line references and convert them to a
canonical format, stored in a file on your personal or network computer.
EndNote can convert references from this file to textual citations and
references. The citations and references can be automatically formatted to
conform to APA style, Author-Date style, the Chicago Manual of Style, or
other standards.

EndNote is compatible with Framemaker and Microsoft Word, among other
programs. From experience, I can say that its integration with
Microsoft Word is almost seamless.