[Refdb-users] RefDB question

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

Hi Rich,

Rich Shepard writes:
 >   I've recently discovered refdb (version 0.9.3) and I'm starting the long,
 > boring process of converting my reference library to the RIS format. Which
 > brings up the question, are the tags listed in the tutorial the only ones
 > allowed?
 > 

First of all, I'd recommend to upgrade to 0.9.4-pre1
(http://refdb.sourceforge.net/pre/refdb-0.9.4-pre1.tar.gz) which fixes
a couple of bugs still present in 0.9.3.

The tags listed are indeed the only ones supported right now. They
essentially cover whatever RefMan offers.

 >   Many of my references are circulars and the like from resource agencies.
 > I give them the TYpe of "RPRT", but I'm not sure what to use for the name of
 > the circular, research report or other type of report. Do I use the JF (full
 > name of journal) or something else? Similarly, these reports -- as well as

RefDB currently treats RPRT entries like books. I was just guessing so
this may be all wrong. Therefore it would not be a good choice for
circulars. I'd rather use JOUR instead and use JF as the name of the
circular.

 > books -- have a total number of pages, not a page range. Is is proper to use
 > the "EP" tag without a "SP" tag?
 > 

This would screw up things. You can use SP without EP, but not the
other way round. Using SP for the total number is probably as close as
you can get.

regards,
Markus

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