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Import Bibliographic Records From Citation Database - May 09, 2000

If you are a Citation user and want to try out Biblioscape's advanced features, you can easily transfer your bibliographic records from a Citation database to a Biblioscape database. Follow the steps below to make the transfer.

Warning: You should avoid importing all of your Citation records into a single folder if there are several thousands or more of them. It will result in slow performance when opening this large folder. You can break up the export file and import the smaller files to different folders, or you can choose not to import records into any folder by unchecking the "To folder" checkbox during the importing process. Use Ctrl+R to retrieve all records.

1. The Citation database file is basically a text file with tags for each data field. It can therefore be imported directly into Biblioscape database with Citation import filter. The following is an example of Citation database file:

>Article in a Journal (extended form)
>AU Myers, Bethany R.
>YR 1996
>AT Public problems: a thing of the present
>TR Williams, Jane
>PG 221-229
>JR Citizen Forum
>VO 8
>KW article in a journal, each issue begins on page 1
>AP Myers 1922
>RF Periodical, article in journal
>C2 Public problems
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>Article in a Popular Periodical
>YR 1981
>AT Telling time
>DE editorial
>PG 6, 7, 8
>JR Newsweek
>DM 8 March
>KW article in a periodical, unsigned; unsigned, article in a periodical; editorial
>AP Telling time
>RF Periodical, unsigned article in a magazine
>C2 asdfjk
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2. Start Biblioscape and go to "File | Import...". Click the "Browse" button to select the Citation database file. On the "Tagged" tab, select "Citation" as "Import filter". Click the "Start" button to import. If you don't have "Citation" import filter, click here to download it.

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