The enclosed HyperCard 2.0 stack is a bibliographic database manager. In addition to storing the bibliographic information, it can catalog and search it by topic. It also can scan a document, making a list of references. It can then check to see if the references are in the database, and prepare the bibliographic information for those references for exporting for constructing a formatted bibliography.
The two Microsoft Word documents are mail merge templates for constructing a formatted bibliography, normally using the information exported by the stack. (You can make similar templates for your favorite word processor.) To use them, make sure the bibliographic information file is in the same folder as the templates. Open a template, and change the name of the DATA to the name of the bibliographic information file. Then choose "Print merge..." from the File Menu, and then "New Document" from the dialog box that comes up. Word will then compile and format the bibliography, putting section breaks in between each entry. You can remove the section breaks using the "Change..." command, with "^d" as the thing to look for and "^s" as the thing to Change to, and selecting "Change All." The resulting bibliography is ready to be saved or copied and pasted, though it might require some slight editing.
The stack and the templates are not meant to be the ultimate solution to constructing bibliographies. There are commercial products which make that claim. However, these things are much cheaper (free!), and you can modify them to suit your needs.
If you find these things useful, drop me a line at
culy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu
Chris
P.S.
Read the copyright notice in the stack for relevant restrctions.
