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.
General | ||||
1 Available Functions: summary
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Biblioscape: 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 (also directly from the web, called 'Internet' function using its own browser) 9 10 (Internet Module as a note or reference; with MS-IE also related graphics are saved) 11 12 14 (15 only in the Library edition: not reviewed here) 16 18 (+ specific Charts module to create, modify link charts)
19: Charts, Notes, Tasks are distinct modules; BiblioWord is: its own word processor; Web Publishing: read and write, see Other features. It works with different scripts like Hebrew, Cyrillic, Arabic, JKC: you set your machine to "International settings: " e.g. Korean, and can enter Korean characters, display them and use them within queries to retrieve records: not tested |
Bookends: 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 (see 19) 9 11 12 14 16 [18 see below 3.8]
19 Can work with companion software Reference Miner. The latter searches Amazon (DE, US, UK) or PubMed, Library of Congress: drag and drop retrieved records into Bookends without need to convert | |||
2 Internal database management
2. Rename 3. Copy 4. Delete 5. Undelete 10. Revert global corrections | ||||
Biblioscape: 6 and update index | Bookends: 6 8 and reindex | |||
3 Functions across different databases
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Biblioscape: none | Bookends: none | |||
4 Database subsets
2. highlighted records 6. duplicate set | ||||
Biblioscape: 3, 4 (three types of "Folders": for records, for Notecards records -different from notes field- and for dynamic searches directly pointing to records), | Bookends: 3 hit/marked list 4 groups | |||
5 Other library functions
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Biblioscape: only in the Library edition: not reviewed here, which includes Catalog, Serials,Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Borrowers, Lenders, and Suppliers | Bookends: no | |||
6 Data type
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1 (2: fields can be numeric, but not directly used to compute) 3 in the Charts module 4 as OLE objects, attachment | Bookends: 1 (1, 2, 3, 4 any document type as attachment)
you can view any QuickTime compatible graphic without leaving Bookends and switching to the relevant application; this includes all popular graphic formats, pdf preview --in OS X--, and QT movies | |||
7 Command macros | ||||
Biblioscape: no | Bookends: no | |||
1. right click 2. drag-and-drop | ||||