3.3. Input - Edit 

Input/Edit

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1 - Cataloguing reference standard:
[no bibliographic standard is chosen by default, or in a mandatory way, in any of the analyzed packages]

2 - Compulsory input within certain fields

Bibus : record identifier (which can be edited) ; the basic overall pattern is given by OOw and BibTeX EW: no, but it requires author or year in any RT

RW: no

as manual entry and editing may happen in the framework of a chosen output style the input workform reminds which fields are expected by the style: so-called Accucite feature; in any case all the fields are available shown and usable; can disactivate Accucite

Pr: no En: no RM: yes, user can define fields as mandatory depending on each RT

3 - Particular edit features :
   1. table for symbols, letters with accents and diacritics
   2. term lists  (see: Term/Entry lists)
   3. default values (session and/or permanent)
   4. validation 
   5. other (e.g. autocompletion)

Particular edit features 1 2 3 4 5
Bibus x
EndNote Web
RefWorks x x x
Procite x x
EndNote x x x x
Reference Manager x x x x
Bibus : 2 EW: 5: supports formatted text (bold, italics, underlined, sub/superscripts) in any field RW: 1 (only if you get the table from Windows or browser); 2 term lists; 5: as there isn't editing without a chosen output style, fields that one includes in the style will appear ticked: Accucite feature; each field in each different workform, according to any different output style can have its help/comment  Pr:  1; 2 (direct buttons + other lists) En: 1: no Win, but Unicode compliant,  yes Mac, q.v.; 2; 4: marks in red new list terms; 5: can suggest closest list's term (autocompletion); can paste styled text (italics etc.) from other application into EndNote record RM: 1; 2; 4 validation for index terms; 5 yes, can scan titles, series titles, notes and abstracts to match their words against those already stored in the kw list, then copy them to the kw field of the records; can automatically sort keywords in field; if a field is linked to a term list, can suggest term already present (auto-completion); can paste styled text (italics etc.)

4  - Spellchecker

Bibus : no EW: no RW: no Pr: no

En: yes
(check highlighted text or entire reference), can add/import words and use a different dictionary (18 .TLX files available)

RM: yes (check highlighted text or entire reference, or entire database); can add/import words and use a different dictionary (.TLX files)

5 - Duplicate/copy a record 

Bibus : yes EW: no RW: yes Pr: yes En: yes (automatically gets another record number) RM: yes

6 - Duplicates detection
    1. fixed criterion
    2. custom criterion

Bibus : 2 EW: 1 RW: 1 (one exact, one close match) Pr: 2: can use all fields + special options: last name only for authors, year only En: 2: can use up to 14 fields to compare, exact match or ignore punctuation and spacing; option to automatically discard duplicates within online search results RM: 2: can use all fields + special options: last name only or full name for authors, percentage of characters string for titles and notes; ignore punctuation; can check across 15 databases

7 - Global corrections 
    (i.e add/append string (b/e), locate/replace (words, case) ,  delete/overwrite entire field content, move field content,  change record type , can use wildcards)

Bibus : none EW: none RW:  yes Pr: yes En: yes RM: yes
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Keywords:  Bibliographic standards ; Case conversion ; Cataloguing ; Cataloguing standards ; Date stamping ; Default values (editing) ; Diacritics (editing) ; Duplicate records ; Edit features ; Figures ; Global corrections ; Spell checking ; Symbols ; Unicode ; Validation ; Z39.29

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