Re: [Refdb-users] adding reference failure

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Bruce D'Arcus writes:
 > I think you should, because you'll need to at some point anyway. =20=

 > Consider that those styles that make a distinction between first and=
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 > subsequent citations almost always use abbreviated titles for the=20=

 > latter (can you imagine not doing so with the title example I posted=
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 > the other day?).
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As a life scientist I can't imagine citing titles anyway. On this side
of the divide we use numeric or author/year.

 > Does the current version of RefMan really not support an abbreviated=
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 > title field?  If yes, that surprises me.
 >=20

Trust me. I think the program was developed with life scientists in
mind...

 > Before you contemplate if and how to add this, I'd take a look at ho=
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 > MODS handles titles to make sure you cover it all.  IIRC, they also=20=

 > have an attribute for "uniform" titles, which AFAIK is simply the fu=
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 > title.  So you can have:
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 > <titleInfo type=3D"uniform">
 > =09<title>A Full Title: With Subtitle</title>
 > <titleInfo>
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 > or...
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 > <titleInfo type=3D"abbreviated">=A0
 > =09<title>Annu. rep. notif. dis.</title>
 > </titleInfo>
 >=20

I'll have a look at MODS again before going ahead.

regards,
Markus

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