Information primarly for users of Version
4.0:
With the
exception for the transition from GetARef 3.2 to 4.0, the improvements in GetARef has been
made available to registered users for free. This has been the case also with GetARef 4.0.
Accordingly, the latest release of GetARef's main program (version 4.000.039) and
import routines (version 4.000.029) is fairly close to GetARef 5.0 with respect to
functionality.
Yet, the
accumulated enhancements in GetARef 4.0 together with
the enhancements described below warrants a new version number.
Continuity
- Reference files and format file created with
GetARef 4.0 and GetARef 5.0 can be used without modifications.
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- Edited or added journal name definitions in the
journal name databases of GetARef 4.0 and 5.0 can easily be imported to GetARef 5.1.
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Main News
 News
- Importing references
- GetARef 5.1 features a direct link to PubMed
that makes it possible to search Medline using the same strategies as in PubMed,
to inspect document summaries and to import references directly into a GetARef
reference file without the need of an intermediary dump file.
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- GetARef 5.0 is able to import references form all
supported Silverplatter database downloaded via WebSPIRS to a single dump
file.
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News - Reference fields and formats
- In GetARef 5.1 there are two new 'fields' added: Translators'
names and ISBN. The translators field applies to references with
translated titles or translated books and is treated just as author and editor names. The
ISBN field uniquely identifies books.
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- Format files support 3 new
fields: ISSN, ISBN and translators' names.
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News - Link handling
- GetARef now supports links from
individual references. Such links may refer to a web site, a particular page on a web
site, or a file on the local computer or a server in a local are network (LAN).
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- When importing references
GetARef retrieves links and make them available in a legible from to the user.
- Special editing controls makes
it easy to edit links in GetARef 5.1.
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News - Searching
- GetARef is able to very quickly identify all
references that are similar to a particular reference and sort them by
similarity.
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News - Journal name database
- The journal name database of GetARef 5.0 has been
updated with biomedical journal names (January 2001).
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News - Word processors
- Support for users of Microsoft Word 2000 and Word
XP by means of a special Word Add-in.
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- Support of Corel WordPerfect 8 and 9.
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