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From: rolands@csupwb.colostate.edu (Roland Schweitzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Request (again) for bibliographic database software
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Date: 18 Jul 89 15:09:01 GMT
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I realize that I may have missed some recent discussion about this topic
recently.  If someone has a summary they can send me e-mail I would
be grateful.

I am looking for IBM PC (MSDOS and a clone actually) software that 
will allow me to keep a database of bibliographic references for technical
and scientific journal articles and books.  I would prefer public domain 
or shareware, but I will consider commerical alternatives.  Either 
stand-alone software, or a template to an existing database program 
would work.

So far I have come across a program called Book Minder ( PC-SIG disk 1178,
available from uxa.cso.uiuc.edu in .../pcsig/disk1178.arc ).  It has a 
couple of minor problems I would like to avoid.  The space for the title
seems too small for tech. references.  (This could be over come with the
other entries.)  It also leaves my EGA monitor in a terrible state when
it exits.

The requirement for PC software leaves out any of the standard tools 
available with UNIX text processing.

Thank you,
Roland

Roland Schweitzer	    Colorado State University
University Computer Center  Fort Collins, CO 80523

rolands@csupwb.ucc.colostate.edu   or rolands@csugreen.bitnet