title: REFERENCE UPDATE and REFERENCE MANAGER: personal computer programs for locating and managing references.
abstract: REFERENCE UPDATE (a trademark of Research Information Systems, Inc.) is a diskette-based service which provides subscribers with a weekly update on the latest publications in biology and medicine. REFERENCE MANAGER (a registered trademark of Research Information Systems, Inc.) is a microcomputer-based software package developed to manage selected references for quick retrieval and bibliography generation. These two systems allow scientists to build and update a personalized data base of references. The following article gives an overview of REFERENCE UPDATE and REFERENCE MANAGER and provides a description of the various functions each system offers.
authors.affiliation: Research Information Systems, Inc., Encinitas, CA 92024.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matus
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Beutler
mesh_terms: D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D003628:Database Management Systems; D012984:Software