If you are a Scholar's Aid user and want to give Biblioscape a try for its advanced features, you can transfer your bibliographic records from Scholar's Aid database to Biblioscape database easily. The following are the simple steps you can follow. Click here to view a more detailed instruction with graphics at Biblioscape Web site.
1. Click here to download Scholar's Aid template files. Unzip it to the folder "C:\Program Files\Scholar's Aid\SysData\".
2. Start Scholar's Aid. Go to menu command "File | Preferences...".
3. On the Preferences window, go to tab "Library". Click combo box "Template file:" and select "tagged". Click OK button to close the Preferences window.
4. In Scholar's Aid, go to menu command "File | Export to...". On the Export Window, go to the folder where you want to save the file and give a file name. Select "Plain text file formatted by a template (TXT)" as "Save as type". Click Save button.
5. The Export window will be shown. Make sure "tagged output" is selected. Check "All records" in order to export all records in your database. Click Export button to start exporting.
6. Once the export finished, start Biblioscape. If you don't already have the import filter "Scholars Aid -- Tagged Output", click here to download it. Go to "File | Import Filters...". Click the Import button and select the *.bif file you just downloaded.
7. In Biblioscape, go to menu command "File | Import...". Click Browse button to select the file you exported in step 5 as the "File to import". On the "Tagged" tab, select "Scholars Aid -- Tagged Output" as the import filter to use. Click Start button to import.