[OS X TeX] Beginner: bibliography strategy?

[Robert Sekuler]

Martin Wehlou:

When I want to download a LARGE set of refs from NLM I will use EndNote  
7 and export the saved refs via the BibTex Export style.  I then read  
the collection into BibDesk, which most people on the list considerable  
a wonderful piece of software.

When I need just a few refs from NLM --say up to about a dozen-- I  
access NLM via PubMed.   From PubMed refs can be saved to disk in a  
format that's easy to read into BibDesk.  Here's the trick:  Check the  
boxes at left of refs you want to save,  Change PubMed's "Display"  
option to MEDLINE (from "Summary") and change "Send to" to "File."   
This will generate a file, pubmed-result.txt,  on your desktop.  Then  
change file suffix from .txt to .fcgi.  If you've got BiBDesk installed  
on your computer, this new suffix tells OSX that this file should be  
opened with BibDesk. If you doubleclick on the .fcgi the contents will  
be displayed in BiBDesk.

RS


On Apr 9, 2005, at 4:23 AM, Martin Wehlou wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> I'm a total beginner in TeX, though I'm able to rudimentary text  
> editing
> and getting output to dvi. Good, I'm proud of myself. I'm also new to
> Macs, even though I've done Windows programming since MS Windows V  
> 1.04,
> so I do recognize a computer when I see one.
>
> But I need to work with bibliographies. I like the way EndNote (running
> the demo) lets me access MedLine directly, then saves the retrieved
> abstracts and data to its own database. Now I'd like to go from there  
> to
> TeX, somehow.
>
> My question is not necessarily a step-by-step tutorial (some things one
> has to do for one self...), but the general strategies. That is, assume
> a Max, with OS X. What bibliography software would you use (free or
> commercial)? How do I easily get references from there to TeX? (The
> editor I'm using is BBEdit, by the way).
>
> Martin
>
> -- Dr. J. Martin Wehlou MD, CISSP
> www.wehlou.com
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Robert Sekuler
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Volen Center for Complex Systems
Brandeis University  MS-013
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