Biblioscape provides several ways to print references. The most popular way is to print references using an output style so that references will be printed in a format specified in the selected style. Biblioscape comes with 2,000 plus styles, and you can also create custom styles. This is also the most flexible way to print a bibliography from your reference collection. Biblioscape also provides an easy way to generate subject bibliography. You can chose any field as the subject field. If you need to print references in a card view, you can use the built-in report generator. It is also possible to visually design your own report.
Print formatted references
You can print selected references in any output style defined in Biblioscape. First, select the references you want to print. Then, click the menu command "File | Print Bibliography". If there is only one reference selected, Biblioscape assumes you want to print all the references in the current list. If you want to print all the references in a folder, a collection, or a smart collection, there is no need to choose select all.
The format of your references is controlled by the output style you pick. By default, Biblioscape uses the output style selected in your toolbar. If you want to use another style, pick using the combo box. The formatted references list will be regenerated to reflect the change. You can choose to save the formatted references as a RTF file. You can open this file later in a word processor. To change the paper size, margins, and orientation, click the "Page Setup" button.
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The sort order in the printed bibliography is controlled by the reference list sort order. If you need to change it, close the "Print Bibliography" window. Click the column heading to sort your references accordingly and go to "File | Print Bibliography..." again. Biblioscape also supports sorting references by more than one field. For example, you can sort references first by Authors and then by Year. Go to menu command "View | Sort...". Select a field to sort (at up to 3 levels), and click the OK button. Then go to "File | Print Bibliography...".
Print a subject bibliography
Subject bibliography is a list of formatted references under subject headings. The subject could be any field in Biblioscape. The most popular ones are author, keyword, journal, year, category, etc. Subject bibliography can be used to generate journal abstracts, subject index, awareness list, etc.
| 1. | In the Biblioscape reference list, select the references you want to include for the subject bibliography. If no reference is selected, all references in the current list will be included. You can open a folder, a collection, a smart collection, or run a search to generate your reference list. |
| 2. | Go to menu command "File | Print Bibliography...". |
| 3. | Check the box "Subject bibliography" on the top left corner. |
| 4. | Under the subject bibliography section, select the field to be used as the subject heading. Select the sort field for the subject list. Next, select the sorting order for the subject headings. The headings can be sorted in ascending or descending order. The sorting order for the references under each subject heading is determined by the sorting order in your reference list. If you pick sort by "Count", the subject headings will be sorted by the number of references under each subject heading. You can choose which output style to use to format the references using the "Output style" combo box at the top. Click the "Generate List" button to produce the subject bibliography. |
| 5. | To print the subject bibliography, click the "Print" button. To save the subject bibliography as a RTF file, click the "Save..." button. |
Print references reports
Another way to print references is to use the built-in database report writer. There are more than 10 pre-built reports for you to choose from. You can also build new reports from scratch with a wizard, or modify existing reports.
| 1. | Go to the menu command "File | Report" and select a desired report from the combo box. |
| 2. | Click the menu command "File | Report | Print Report". |
The database report writer can be a very powerful tool in the hands of an expert user. You can even build a report with two data sources in a master-detail relationship. For example, the master level can be a list of keywords and the detail level a list of all references containing a specific keyword. There are a few sample reports that group references by the following fields: Author, Journal, Folder, Keyword, Year.