The overstriked grid's items have not been taken into account for the purposes of this shorter evaluation: it does not imply at all that the package cannot perform the relevant function.
The numbering and the content are the same as the full version of the evaluation grid
Manuscript formatting (i.e. Generating citations and bibliography in a wp document) | ||||
Biblioscape | Bookends | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Biblioscape: yes, function fully available | Bookends: yes, function fully available | |||
1 Compatible wordprocessors and text format | ||||
Biblioscape: its own word processor: BiblioWord or MS-Word, Corel-WP and any wp that supports RTF or HTML | Bookends: Add-In for MS-Word Mac 6 or later, Macros for Nisus Writer 5 or later, Add-In for Mellel (RedleX Software): it acts from within the wp (via floating toolbar, macros or palette) by finding citations in Bookends database and inserting them into the text. Can also scan Nisus Writer 4, WordPerfect 2.x -or later- native files, RTF, MIF (FrameMaker) text files. | |||
| ||||
3 Can format more than one wp document (chapters) at the time | ||||
Biblioscape: no | Bookends: no | |||
4 Can generate bibliography using records from more than one database at the time | ||||
Biblioscape: no | Bookends: no | |||
5 Entering placeholders within text
| ||||
Biblioscape 1 2 3 | Bookends: 1 2 3, according to which wp you are using, see above 1 | |||
1. main text 2. end/footnote 3. hidden text | ||||
1. author name (1a any order) 2. title 3. keywords 4. date 5. RN 6. one or more, also truncated, string from any field 7. delimiters/markers can be changed | ||||
8 Different references same author same year
| ||||
Biblioscape: 2 (add first name or initials, add more authors, add title for same author, suffix dates with "a", "b"...) | Bookends: 2 | |||
9 Multiple citation (same or different authors)
| ||||
Biblioscape: 1 2 3 4 | Bookends: 1 2 3 (by inserting "%" symbol) 4 | |||
| ||||
11 Final in-text citation format is ruled by ad hoc style within db made up of:
2. author-date 3. other 4. shortened version of complete bibliographic reference | ||||
Biblioscape: 5 It handles citations repeated -also consecutively- in footnotes, with options like short form, replaces by Ibid. or other, omit repeated data; | Bookends: no | |||
12 Changes to in-text/footnote citations standard format
| ||||
Biblioscape: 1 2 5 6 (can suppress author or date); can put all citations in end- or footnotes with a single command | Bookends: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
1. settings remain for next session 2. can automatically exclude citations placed in notes 3. list can include references not shown as in-text citations 4. style specifications are different for each RT | ||||
1. generated within wp text 2. generated in a copy of wp text | ||||
| ||||
16 Reference list sort order
| ||||
Biblioscape: 1 2 | Bookends: 1 2 | |||
| ||||
1. during inserting and formatting; 2. user can act on the spot; 3. log file | ||||
| ||||
20 Other | ||||
Biblioscape: memento: can handle a document via its own word processor BiblioWord that can display bib record contextually to drag and drop into text.
Can also use BiblioSidekick to list records and drop placeholders in text. |
Bookends: will insert the bibliography at the end of the document if you scan from within MS-Word or Nisus Writer or Mellel; otherwise either in the clipboard or in a file |