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40 Personal Bibliographic Systems (PBS)

Dirk Schoonbaert and Victor Rosenberg

CONTENTS

History of the Software Genre

A Survey of PBS Features

Record Numbering and Linking

Database Selection

Entering New Records (Input)

Importing External Records

Modifying Records (Edit)

Searching the Database (Retrieval)

Index-Based Retrieval

Basic Retrieval Patterns

Refining Retrieval

Alphabet-Related Devices

Subject-Related Retrieval Devices

Sophisticated Retrieval Techniques

Printing and Downloading (Output)

Record Selection

Record Formatting

Bibliography Formatting

Word Processing ...

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