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Citation Feature and Benefits



Ÿ     Installs on the Tools menu (or button bars) in WordPerfect 8 & 9, & 10, and Microsoft Word 97, 2000, & 2002.


Ÿ     Legal Edition available for citing legal sources and authorities.


Ÿ     Notecard like forms make entering data simple and convenient. Includes forms for entering bibliographic data from books, journal articles, legal services and reporters, manuscript collections, films, internet sources, and most other types of materials used in research. Forms can be customized for your own uses.


Ÿ     Special Note forms make entering and organizing research notes easy and efficient.


Ÿ     Built in Speller lets you check spelling for text in a field, in a record, or the entire datafile.


Ÿ     Includes Convert module for importing records downloaded from online database services.

Ÿ     1,000+ publishing styles included, including APA (3rd, 4th & 5th edition), MLA, Turabian, Chicago, MHRA, Harvard Bluebook (17th edition) for law review articles, Vancouver style (ICMJE for medical journals), AMA, GSA, USGS, AIP, AAA, Cambridge UP, and many more. Footnote styles as well as full bibliographic styles are included for MLA, Turabian, MHRA, and Chicago. What's more, you will be able to generate your footnotes/endotes and a full bibliography at the same time.


Ÿ     Powerful and easy to use custom format editor lets you write plain English commands in a text file to create new styles and print out notes in any way you like. Editable versions of major styles (i.e., Chicago, AMA, GSA) available.


Ÿ     Includes editable custom format files for major publishing styles.


Ÿ     Author, Journal, and Keyword pop-up list boxes help you enter data quickly and consistently.


Ÿ     Journal and Publisher Abbreviation support -- Citation lets you generate citations with abbreviations from user-defined tables. Predefined tables for Bluebook, Index Medicus, academic publishers, and other standard abbreviation guides are posted on our web site for use in compiling your own abbreviation tables.


Ÿ     Global find and edit feature helps you edit data.


Ÿ     Find Duplicates feature lets you locate and edit duplicate records and Access Phrases.


Ÿ     Allows specific page references for author-date intext cites (Smith 1987: 322), endnotes and footnotes; inclusive pages are included in your bibliography or reference list.


Ÿ     Supports shortened subsequent cites for footnotes and endnotes, with short titles.


Ÿ     Supports citations of internet resources, such as web pages, docs on ftp sites, and newsgroup items.


Ÿ     New Short List View lets you display an index (Author, Year, Title) of your datafile.


Ÿ     Supports multiple instances of the program, so you can work on several datafiles at once.


Ÿ     Insert excerpts from your database directly into your papers.


Ÿ     Generate HTML links to HTML citations in documents prepared for publication on the web.


Ÿ     Search button on list boxes for Authors, Keywords, Journal lets you instantly find records containing terms or names in the list boxes.

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