Database available via WWW

4.17. Database available via WWW

Database available via www (Internet-Intranet) (N.b. this is a recapitulating summary, all the items are covered in more detail within their relevant sections)

EndNoteWeb v. 2.4 entirely web based product. ID Login/password can be shared for group project. Share data only among subscribed EndNote Web users via Sharing Groups which are folders of virtual pointers to records. If the entire database is copied to a group, can share the db. Sharing includes options for reading or reading-and-writing plus fully managing the records in output	EndNote X2: not available, see EndNoteWeb	RefWorks last updated October 2007 entirely web based product. Login/password can be shared for group project: one database fully available to several users. Also, make data public via RefShare: shared folders of records or entire db. This includes options for export, print, format bibliographies, post comments, see attachments, receive e-mail, RSS etc. etc. It does not include editing, import.	Reference Manager it has got its own web server embedded (Apache)	ProCite v. 5: not available
A - Generic 1. Web based; Remote vs local system (remote means your data is duplicated -converted or not- hosted elsewhere and the software as well) 2. Publishes database for searching, saving/exporting 3. Makes database available also for editing records 4. Data format that can accept to publish
EW: 1 only web based; 2 only available to other subscribed EndNote users; 3: yes; 4: publishes its own database	En: n.a.	RW: 1 only web based; 2: RW & RefShare to anyone by communicating the URLs 3: Full editing from RefWorks account when login/password shared for group project, RefShare does not include editing 4: its own data + any that can be imported	RM: 1 Local, 2, 3, 4 proprietary RM database	Pr: n.a.
B - Access 1. Can set users' rights 2. Allows users' identity and password 3. Can set IP port (e.g. 80)
EW: 1: only applicable to shared Groups R or R/W; 2 yes + one Administrator per site (Administrator can upload: modified styles, connections, import filters)	En: n.a.	RW: 1 yes, to data published through RefShare; 2 (also an Administrator tool)	RM: first, the database must be open in read/write share access, then, for all databases: 1: read-only or read/write, 2 only one; 3	Pr: n.a.
C - Interface 1. Can customize look & feel
EW: no	En: n.a.	RW: yes	RM: 1 (logo, about, text, home address; citation style). Also un/select certain fields for display: abstract, notes, custom, links to PDF, URL, full-text ...)	Pr: n.a.
D - Input/Edit records 1. Create 2. Delete 3. Duplicate 4. Modify 5. Use term lists
EW: 1; 2; 4;	En: n.a.	RW: 1 2 3 4 5	RM: 1 2 3 4	Pr: n.a.
E - Import
EW: can use some 670 different import filters		RW: yes, any type of data that it can import	RM: n.a.	Pr: n.a.
F - Searching 1. Simple 2. Advanced (more fields, boolean operators) 3. Hypertextual navigation 4. Term lists browsing 5. Across more databases 6. Marking records
EW: 1 full-text, simple or complex with several operators: + - * (...) "..." 2: more fields only when searching remote databases (some 2460 configured mostly via Z39.50 protocol) 3: only names; 6: to put them in groups/folders	En: n.a.	RW: 1, 2, 3, 4 6 RefShare search is bound to full-text word searching	RM: 1 2 3 5 (max 15) 6	Pr: n.a.
G - Output 1. More views/styles 2. Other data that can send
EW: brief general view + 1 full record display + 1 input form + preview of formatted bibliographies (some 3380 styles available)	En: n.a.	RW: yes (standard, one line, full view, formatted in up to 3 different styles, lookup lists)	RM: three views; one short view -or with partial abstract; one full; can set fields and select one citation style only via admin mode	Pr: n.a.
H - Sort
EW: can sort brief catalogue view by Author or Year or Title A/D; bibliography lists are sorted according to the selected citation style	En: n.a.	RW: yes (choice among 10 criteria)	RM: yes (choice among 3 fields, not nested)	Pr: n.a.
I - Export/Save
EW: can use 6 different formats, can seva html, txt , print or send via e-mail	En: n.a.	RW: yes, see Export (tabbed, various tagged formats, XML)	RM: yes; Export: RIS, proprietary XML; Save: chosen output style in .html; can also directly print	Pr: n.a.
J - Manuscript formatting
EW: yes: can scan and format RTF files; can use CWYW plug-in within MS-Word	En: n.a.	RW: yes	RM: no	Pr: n.a.
K - Help (online via www)
EW: yes	En: n.a.	RW: yes (not contextual)	RM: yes	Pr: n.a.
L - Other
EW: can exchange data with EndNote desktop; it is most usually offered for free to institutions having subscribed ISI Web of Knowledge® database	En: n.a.	RW: see also Network version; Can send and receive RSS feeds; use RefGrab-It to capture web pages and transform them into database records	RM: offers unlimited number of concurrent users; does not have extra cost	Pr: n.a.