Tue, 18 Oct 1994 17:38:21 -0700 for <SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU>
Date:         Tue, 18 Oct 94 20:30:50 EDT
From: Marni Hancock <SOCAW059@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU>
Organization: Emory University - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Subject:      BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE
To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU
Melanie, to answer your latest question, the idea is that you type in
the information for each bibliographic entry you use one time only.
With each re-use you simply select it from your "data base" and ask
your computer to write it out in whatever style (for whatever journal
you plan to submit the article) you need.  Some of the programs also
provide space for entering an abstract so you can do a quick review of
the article's or book's content.  In addition, you can enter key words
or cues which will allow you to "sort" out of your data base everything
you ever entered into it that discussed--oh, say, the price of tea in
China and it's determinants.  I am certain there are other, more
sophisticated uses, but these are the basics.  OK?
Marni Hancock SOCAW059@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU