Personal Database Software

Updated: 16 September 2001

I. General Bibliography Manager Software

1. Captures citations from commercial and other databases, such as:
   • IUCAT
   • Web of Science
   • Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
2. Creates a database to manage and sort the citations
3. Generates printed bibliographies and reference lists in a variety of styles:
   • MLA
   • Chicago Manual of Style
   • ACS Style Guide
   • Nature
4. Creates references without leaving a word processing program

II. Procite, Reference Manager, and EndNote

1. All owned by Thomson
2. Licensed to IU for IUB and IUPUI users
3. To obtain the software:
   • Download from IUWARE: http://iuware.indiana.edu/
   • Buy a CD-ROM with all 3 packages at IUB or IUPUI Bookstores
   • http://www.bibsoft.indiana.edu

III. Sample Search on SciFinder Scholar with Records Incorporated into EndNote

IV. Packages with Chemical Search Features

1. MDL's ISIS/Base
2. CambridgeSoft's ChemFinder
3. Accelrys's Accord for Access and Accord for Excel