Hi everyone,
First, many thanks to all the helpful responses to my
inquiry! Since many people asked me to share the
responses, I thought I'd post them to the list.
There were three choices that came up: EndNote,
ProCite, and Microsoft Access.
EndNote (www.endnote.com) was preferred by many
respondants. Uniformly, they indicated that it is easy
to use, intuitive, has good searching capacity, and
is very easy to print bibliographies. One person who
uses both ProCite and EndNote indicated they are both
great products, but EndNote is far easier to use.
ProCite (www.procite.com) seems to be best suited to
'information professionals,' since it is harder to use,
less intuitive than EndNote. Recent versions are
greatly improved over earlier, clunkier ones. I can
say from personal experience that ProCite is powerful,
and works very well, but is best for those with some
experience using such software packages.
The other option is to create from scratch an MS Access
database. Someone mentioned that it might come with a
build-in bibliographic utility, but still requires a
lot of advanced knowledge to use. Basically, a user
would have to build the database from the ground up.
The benefit of this, for those savvy enough to build a
database, is that MS Access generally comes as part of
the MS Suite, which usually comes installed in most
PCs.
So, that pretty much sums up the great input I
received. I hope you all find it as helpful as I did!
Thanks again to all those who replied!
Best,
Don
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Donald R. Juedes
Resource Services Librarian for
Art History, Classics, and Philosophy
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
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