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MakeBix 1.4
MakeBix is a utility program that allows you to move downloads
from several information sources into a BIBL database.
BIBL is GMUtant's personal library/bibliography management software package.
MakeBix reads your input file and creates a BIX (Bibl Import/eXport) file
suitable for import into the BIBL system.
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The following conversions are supported:
ABI-Inform (CD-ROM) and Dialog Tagged Format
AGRICOLA (SilverPlatter)
ERIC (SilverPlatter)
PsychInfo (SilverPlatter)
MEDLINE (Note: while not designed for use with CD-ROM downloads,
it is included in MakeBix on the off chance that it may
be of value to some users).
NOTIS (5.0) Converts screen dump files taken from a NOTIS
Systems online catalog (e.g., ALT-G with Procomm or
PCPLUS; ALT-T with Qmodem) into BIX format. Handles
OPAC screens release 5.x of the Notis software).
Processes only Screen 1 of a given record (either
brief or long format). You may use the MAKEBIX.CFG
file (an ascii file) to change the labels MAKEBIX
is looking for to the ones your local site uses.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is straightforward. If you have
a file of text information downloaded from one of the four systems
listed above, MakeBix will convert that data for use with BIBL.
Operation (a walk-thru of the program)
Type MakeBix at the DOS prompt. You will then receive a menu. You
may either identify the type of input file you want to process or
view an ASCII file (presumably your input file) from this menu.
If you select view, only files with these extensions will be
displayed: *.TXT *.DOC *.PRN *.BIX and *. (no extension). The
same limitations are imposed on your selection of an input file
so be sure to give your input file one of these extensions--or
none.
Once you have selected an input file type (e.g., pressed E on the
main menu to select ERIC), you will be shown a pick list of files.
Select your input file by pressing the cursor arrow keys until
the desired file is highlighted, then press return (mouse users,
just double-click on the desired file).
After the input file is selected, you will then give a name to
your output file. Regardless of what you enter here, MakeBix
will force the BIX extension on the file.
Finally, if you want, you can enter up to 30 characters that will
be written to the SUBJECT field of each record in the resulting
BIX file. This feature may help if all the records in your
input file cover the same topic. To skip this feature, just
hit RETURN at the SUBJECT? prompt.
Processing begins. When finished, you'll receive a final report
showing the input file processed, number of lines read, the
name of the output file, number of records written to the
output file, and a few other things...
I. Conversion processing:
During processing, the following modifications are performed on ERIC,
ABI-Inform, and PsychInfo downloads (info on MEDLINE processing follows
this section.
1. The first 700 or so characters of an abstract are moved to your BIBL
record. The abstract conversion logic uses wordwrap to insure that
the output notes format correctly (e.g., line breaks will not occur
within a word).
2. Hyphens are inserted between multi-word descriptors. Other punctuation
(e.g., * or ;) is removed.
3. Wordwrap is used when moving long titles onto more than one line.
4. In each of the utilities you can specify a subject that will then be
included in ALL the records created by that run of the program.
5. [ERIC ONLY] ED or EJ numbers are moved to the BIBL records'
classification field.
Here are samples from ERIC, ABI-Inform, and PsychInfo -- showing both
the original input citation and the resulting BIX record created by the
conversion utility.
[ERIC]
AN: EJ364468
CHN: UD513333
AU: Myers,-Dowell
TI: Community-Relevant Measurement of Quality of Life: A Focus on Local Trends.
PY: 1987
JN: Urban-Affairs-Quarterly; v23 n1 p108-25 Sep 1987
DT: Journal Articles (080); Reports - General (140)
LA: English
DE: Citizen-Participation; Community-Involvement; Influences-; Measurement-...
DE: *Community-Problems; *Community-Surveys; *Local-Norms; *Quality-of-Life...
IS: CIJAPR88
AB: Efforts to measure the quality of life in cities have emphasized comparisons
among different places. This is useful for citizens and businesses but not for
communities. The advice of local residents must be sought to develop
community-oriented measures which define the quality of life in terms of the
local context. (VM)
CH: UD
FI: EJ
DTN: 080; 140
BIX output of this citation:
**
A1: Myers, Dowell
T1: Community-Relevant Measurement of Quality of Life: A Focus on Local
T2: Trends.
PB: Urban Affairs Quarterly; v23 n1 p108-25 Sep 1987
CL: EJ364468
DE: Community-Problems Community-Surveys Local-Norms
N1: Efforts to measure the quality of life in cities have emphasized
N2: comparisons among different places. This is useful for citizens and
N3: businesses but not for communities. The advice of local residents must
N4: be sought to develop community-oriented measures which define the
N5: quality of life in terms of the local context. (VM)
**
[ABI-Inform]
91-30130
Title: Leading OS/2 Out of the Woods
Authors: Scannell, Ed; LaPlante, Alice
Journal: InfoWorld Vol: 13 Iss: 23 Date: Jun 10, 1991 pp: 69-71
Jrnl Code: IFW ISSN: 0199-6649
Company: IBM Corp (DUNS: 00-136-8083)
Terms: Computer industry; Operating systems (DP); Case studies; US; Software
packages; Characteristics
Codes: 8651 (Computer industry); 5240 (Software & systems); 9110 (Company
specific); 9190 (United States)
Abstract: IBM has a good chance of entrenching OS/2 with Version 2.0. IBM has
lowered its price significantly, made it easier to install and use, and
promised that it will run existing DOS and Windows-compatible applications
even faster and more efficiently than in their native environments. Some
believe that Version 2.0 represents a change both technically and
philosophically for IBM. Many information systems (IS) managers believe that
IBM made a strategic mistake in pitting OS/2 against DOS and Windows on the
desktop. Instead, it should have sold IS managers on OS/2's real virtues.
Given its technical complexity and features set, many believe OS/2 is better
compared to mainframe operating systems, such as VM and VMS, than DOS and
Windows. Most corporations use OS/2 to interact with enterprisewide networks
and huge mainframes via cooperative processing applications. Word among some
IBM insiders is that IBM has made a complete break with Microsoft. IBM has
forged strategic relationships with Novell Inc. and Borland International
Inc. that are intended to lessen dependence on Microsoft.
**
A1: Scannell, Ed; LaPlante, Alice
T1: Leading OS/2 Out of the Woods
PB: InfoWorld v13n23 Jun 10, 1991 p. 69-71
SU: Testing-ABI
DE: Computer-industry Operating-systems-(DP) Case-studies US
N1: IBM has a good chance of entrenching OS/2 with Version 2.0. IBM has
N2: lowered its price significantly, made it easier to install and use,
N3: and promised that it will run existing DOS and Windows-compatible
N4: application seven faster and more efficiently than in their native
N5: environments. Some believe that Version 2.0 represents a change both
N6: technically and philosophically for IBM. Many information systems (IS)
**
[DIALOG Tagged format ABI-InForm]
AU- Chynoweth, Emma|
TI- Environmental Harmonization: Shades of Green|
SO- Chemical Week|
SO- v151n11|
SO- 36, 41|
SO- Sep 23, 1992|
PY- Sep 23, 1992|
DE- EC single market|Environmental regulations|Pollution
control|Compliance|Manycountries|Differences|
AB- Moves to harmonize environmental laws throughout Europe are responsive
to calls for level playing fields. Despite European Community (EC)
environmental directives aimed at attuning standards, contrasts still
exist between tough, progressive laws in Germany, Scandinavia, and the
Netherlands and the standards of the UK and southern European
countries. The European Commission acknowledges that the number of
cases in which national legislation fails to comply with environmental
directives is still considerable. Germany's environmental laws are
among the toughest in Europe and stipulate low permissible levels for
emissions. Some observers claim, however, that enforcement in Germany
is more lax than in other EC countries. UK authorities avoid setting
standards that are difficult to meet and then pressuring companies to
comply with them. The French operate more under so-called gentleman's
agreements between operators and regulators. Levels of compliance with
local legislation also vary across Europe. ||
becomes:
**
A1: Chynoweth, Emma
T1: Environmental Harmonization: Shades of Green
PB: Chemical Week v151n11 36, 41 Sep 23, 1992
DE: EC-single-market Environmental-regulations Pollution
N1: Moves to harmonize environmental laws throughout Europe are
N2: responsive to calls for level playing fields. Despite European
N3: Community (EC) environmental directives aimed at attuning standards,
N4: contrasts still exist between tough, progressive laws in Germany,
N5: Scandinavia, and the Netherlands and the standards of the UK and
N6: southern European countries. The European Commission acknowledges that
N7: the number of cases in which national legislation fails to comply with
N8: environmental directives is still considerable. Germany's
N9: environmental laws are among the toughest in Europe and stipulate low
N0: permissible levels for emissions. Some observers claim, however, that
**
[Agricola]
In this sample, some of the fields have
been wrapped...in actual downloads, the
title and abstract fields have no carriage
returns until the end of the field!
AN: IND 91018407
UD: 9107
AU: Shipitalo,-M.J.; Edwards,-W.M.; Dick,-W.A.; Owens,-L.B.
TI: Initial storm effects on macropore transport of surface-applied chemicals
in no-till soil.
SO: Soil-Sci-Soc-Am-J. Madison, Wis. : The Society. Nov/Dec 1990. v. 54 (6)
p. 1530-1536. ill.
CN: DNAL 56.9-SO3
PA: Other-US
PY: 1990
LA: English
CO: SSSJD4
IS: ISSN: 0361-5995
NT: Includes references.
PT: Article
DE: zea-mays. no-tillage-. macropores-. macropore-flow. atrazine-. strontium-.
bromides-. movement-in-soil. groundwater-pollution. agricultural-chemicals.
rain-. percolation-. leaching-.
ID: strontium-bromide-hexahydrate.
CC: J200; J700; W000
AB: Previous research has established that macropores can rapidly transmit
water through soil. This observation has raised concern that macropores may
also promote rapid movement of agricultural chemicals to groundwater. This
is a particular concern for no-till fields where lack of disruption by tillage
can lead to the development of extensive macropore systems. In order to
investigate the effect of initial rainfall on chemical transport, strontium
bromide hexahydrate (SrBr2.6H2O) and atrazine (2-chloro-4-e
thylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine) were surface-applied to
six 30 by 30 by 30 cm blocks of undisturbed soil obtained from
a 25-yr-old, no-till corn (Zea mays L.) field with evidence of well-defined
macropores attributable to earthworm activity. Half of the blocks then
received a 1-h 5-mm simulated rain, which did not produce percolate. Two
...and so on
XAU: USDA-ARS, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed, Coshocton, OH.
[after MakeBix processing]
**
A1: Shipitalo, M.J.; Edwards, W.M.; Dick, W.A.; Owens, L.B.
T1: Initial storm effects on macropore transport of surface-applied
T2: chemicals in no-till soil.
PB: Soil-Sci-Soc-Am-J. Madison, Wis. : The Society. Nov/Dec 1990. v. 54
P2: (6) p. 1530-1536. ill.
CL: IND 91018407 CN: DNAL 56.9-SO3
SU: test
DE: zea-mays no-tillage macropores macropore-flow atrazine strontium
N1: Previous research has established that macropores can rapidly transmit
N2: water through soil. This observation has raised concern that
N3: macropores may also promote rapid movement of agricultural chemicals
N4: to groundwater. This is a particular concern for no-till fields where
N5: lack of disruption by tillage can lead to the development of extensive
N6: macropore systems. In order to investigate the effect of initial
N7: rainfall on chemical transport, strontium bromide hexahydrate
N8: (SrBr2.6H2O) and atrazine
N9: (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine) were
N0: surface-applied to six 30 by 30 by 30 cm blocks of undisturbed ...
[PsychInfo]
In this sample, some of the fields have
been wrapped...in actual downloads, the
title and abstract fields have no carriage
returns until the end of the field!
TI: Appropriateness measurement: Review, critique and validating studies.
AU: Levine,-Michael-V.; Drasgow,-Fritz
IN: U Illinois, Champaign
JN: British-Journal-of-Mathematical-and-Statistical-Psychology; 1982 May
Vol 35(1) 42-56
CO: BJMSAX
IS: 00071102
LA: English
PY: 1982
AB: The test-taking behavior of some examinees may be so unusual that
their test scores cannot be regarded as appropriate measures of their
ability. Appropriateness measurement is a model-based approach to the
problem of identifying these test scores. The intuitions and basic
theory supporting appropriateness measurement are presented together
with a critical review of earlier work and a series of interrelated
experiments. It is concluded that appropriateness measurement techniques
are robust to errors in parameter estimation and to the presence of
unidentified aberrant examinees in the test norming sample. In
addition, the frequently criticized "3-parameter logistic" latent
trait model was found to be adequate for the detection of spuriously
low scores in actual test data. (16 ref) (PsycLIT Database Copyright
1982 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: validity of appropriate measurement techniques; identification
of aberrant examinees in test norming sample
DE: STATISTICAL-VALIDITY; TEST-NORMS; TEST-SCORES
CC: 2240
PO: Human
UD: 8209
AN: 68-04866
JC: 1128
**
A1: Levine, Michael V.; Drasgow, Fritz
T1: Appropriateness measurement: Review, critique and validating studies.
PB: Br J Of Mathematical And Statistical Psychology; 1982 May v35(1) 42-56
CL: (CO:) BJMSAX (IS:) 00071102
DE: STATISTICAL-VALIDITY TEST-NORMS TEST-SCORES
N1: The test-taking behavior of some examinees may be so unusual that
N2: their test scores cannot be regarded as appropriate measures of their
N3: ability. Appropriateness measurement is a model-based approach to the
N4: problem of identifying these test scores. The intuitions and basic
N5: theory supporting appropriateness measurement are presented together
N6: with a critical review of earlier work and a series of interrelated
**
[NOTIS]
If you're using a NOTIS opac (release 5.0 or later), then MakeBix can
help move the information into a BIBL database. Note that MakeBix will
process information found on Screen 2 of a 2 screen item (looking for
call number, series statement, a note or an ISSN). If your item has
3 screens, then screens 1 and 3 will be processed. MakeBix does its
best to recognize situations where you save screen 1 of 2 but then
don't save the 2nd of 2 but rather begin with a new screen of another
item.
Sample screen:
Search Request: T=REVIEW XPAC GMU Catalog
BOOK - Record 400 of 953 Entries Found Long View
----------------------------- + Screen 1 of 2 ------------------------- A862
TITLE(S): Review of OIG operations : hearing before the Subcommittee on
Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of
the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives,
Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, July 28, 1982.
AUTHOR(S): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture.
Subcommittee on Dept. Operations, Research, and Foreign
Agriculture.
PUBLISHER/DATE: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1982.
DESCRIPTION: iii, 108 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECTS: (Search using s=)
United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of the Inspector
General.
NOTE(S): "Serial no. 97-IIII."
OTHER TITLES: Review of O.I.G. operations.
REPORT NUMBER: Serial No. 97-IIII (United States. Congress. House. Committee
------------------------------------------------ Continued on next screen --
COMMANDS: BR Brief View P Previous Record H Help
F Forward I Index
O Other Options N Next Record G Guide
NEXT COMMAND:
What MakeBix produces:
**
A1: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee
A2: on Dept. Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
T1: Review of OIG operations : hearing before the Subcommittee on
T2: Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture of the
T3: Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh
PB: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1982.
P2: iii, 108 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
N1: United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of the Inspector
N2: "Serial no. 97-IIII."
**
Another NOTIS sample:
Search Request: T=REVIEW XPAC GMU Catalog
BOOK - Record 700 of 953 Entries Found Long View
----------------------------- + Screen 1 of 3 ------------------------- A862
TITLE(S): A Review of the Oconee-3 probabilistic risk assessment.
OTHER AUTHOR(S):
Hanan, N. A.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation. Division of Safety Review and Oversight.
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
PUBLISHER/DATE: Washington, D.C. : Division of Safety Review and Oversight,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, 1986-
DESCRIPTION: v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
SUBJECTS: (Search using s=)
Probabilities.
Nuclear reactors--United States--Accidents.
Nuclear reactors--Georgia--Accidents.
Pressurized water reactors--Cores--Accidents.
------------------------------------------------ Continued on next screen --
COMMANDS: BR Brief View P Previous Record H Help
F Forward I Index
O Other Options N Next Record G Guide
NEXT COMMAND:
with MAKEBIX yields:
**
A1: Hanan, N. A. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear
A2: Reactor Regulation. Division of Safety Review and Oversight.
T1: A Review of the Oconee-3 probabilistic risk assessment. Hanan, N. A.
T2: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor
PB: Washington, D.C. : Division of Safety Review and Oversight, Office of
P2: Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1986-
SU: Probabilities.
**
NOTIS processing pointers/caveats:
You can change the onscreen field labels that MakeBix is looking
for (for example, your NOTIS OPAC may say 'Publisher/Date' and
another might say 'Publication info:' or whatever. By modifying
the file MAKEBIX.CFG, you can control several labels. Here's
a copy of the MAKEBIX.CFG file (it's an ASCII text file):
MAKEBIX.CFG This file is used to modify the onscreen
data element labels that a NOTIS site
might use.
Here are the 'default' values. If this file is missing, or you do
not change a given field label, then this is what MAKEBIX is looking
for when searching a NOTIS opac savescreen:
AUTHOR
SUBJECTS
DESCRIPTION
TITLE
PUBLISHER
NOTE
SERIES
CALL NUMBER
ISSN
You may comment this file if you wish. MAKEBIX is only looking
for lines that contain the NOTISxxxx= labels and reading what
follows them (beginning immediately after the '=' sign. You
label text will be converted to upper case as it's read in,
since MAKEBIX will upcase the line(s) from the screen dump
file before making a comparison.
Your screen label text may not exceed 15 characters. Spaces
are chopped off the front & back of your screen label text
as MAKEBIX reads this file.
To guard against a term being mistaken for a label when
it's in the text of a title or something, MAKEBIX checks
only the 1st 17 characters of a line for labels. NOTIS
seems to consistently begin significant text on the 18th
character postion. If that changes, then modify this line:
NOTISSCREENOFFSET=18
******************** Enter your values here **************
NOTISPUBL=PUBLISHER
-------------------------end of MAKEBIX.CFG----------------------
MakeBix brings only the 1st subject into a BIBL record. If it fits
in BIBL's 30 character subject field, it's moved there. If not, it
moves to the 1st line of BIBL's note field.
If the CALL number appears on screen 1 (likely if using BRIEF view),
then it is moved to the LOCN: field of a BIBL record.
ISSN numbers are placed in the first line of a BIBL record's NOTE field.
The DESCRIPTION: line from a Notis screen is appended to the publisher
field (if space allows). If the space remaining after the PUBLISHER
data has been moved there is too small, then the description moves
to the BIBL note field.
Wordwrap is used on the NOTIS author, title, and publisher fields to move
as much information as possible into BIBL. If a given NOTIS record
contains more information than can fit in a BIBL record field, it is
truncated (e.g., see the 1st NOTIS sample record above. The author
information exceeds the 140 characters BIBL provides for author. The
excess information in the NOTIS screen (beyond 140 characters in the
author field) is not transferred.
NOTIS Labelled fields that MakeBix processes:
Notis label BIX Labels Size
TITLE: --> T1: T2: T3: (Up to 210 characters)
TITLE(S): --> T1: T2: T3: (Up to 210 characters)
AUTHOR(S): --> A1: A2: (Up to 140 characters)
OTHER AUTHOR(S): --> added to A1: or A2: if space allows, otherwise
does not appear in the BIX file.
PUBLISHER/DATE: --> PB: P2: (Up to 140 characters)
SERIES: --> N0: (70 characters) 10th note line
DESCRIPTION: --> P2: or N1: (appended to PB or P2 if space
remains, otherwise moved
moved N1: (BIBL's 1st note)
SUBJECTS: --> SU: or N1: Put in BIBL's subject field
if 30 characters or less.
If longer, 1st subject moved
to N1, then 2nd to N2: (or
N2 and N3 if N1 was filled
by a DESCRIPTION field).
Once you've imported these records into BIBL, you'll want to edit
them and add descriptors, other information, or delete fields you
don't care about. Note that pressing ^Y at the beginning of a field
in BIBL will delete the contents of the field.
[MEDLINE]
MED2BIX is not a CD-ROM conversion utility, but will convert MEDLINE
citations that look like this:
1
AU - Walsh K
AU - Schimmel P
TI - DNA-binding site for two skeletal actin promoter factors is important for
expression in muscle cells .
MH - ACTINS
MH - ANIMAL
MH - BASE SEQUENCE
MH - CELL NUCLEUS
MH - CHICKENS
MH - DNA
MH - GENES, STRUCTURAL
MH - MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA
MH - MUSCLES
MH - MUTATION
MH - NUCLEAR PROTEINS
MH - PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS)
MH - PROTEIN BINDING
MH - TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC
SO - Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8(4):1800-2
DP - 1988
TA - MOL CELL BIOL
PG - 1800-2
IP - 4
VI - 8
[Medline BIX format]
**
A1: Walsh K; Schimmel P
T1: DNA-binding site for two skeletal actin promoter factors is important
T2: for expression in muscle cells .
PB: Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8(4):1800-2
DE: ACTINS ANIMAL BASE-SEQUENCE CELL-NUCLEUS CHICKENS DNA
**
III. MEDLINE conversion processing:
- Note that multiple authors are joined together. A ';' separates each
author.
- wordwrap is used when moving titles to BIBL that are longer than
70 characters.
- multiple MH fields are joined and moved to the DE: field.
IV. Use with BIBL
Once the BIX file has been created, you can read it into BIBL via the
ASCII import option on the Maintenance Menu. Just copy the *.BIX file
to your BIBL subdirectory before activating BIBL. The data will be
added to your active database and all indexes will be automatically
updated.
==============================================================================
Updates to MakeBix as well as BIBL are available from
The GMUtant OnLine BBS :: (703) 993-2219 1200/2400/9600 v.32
BIBL is also available on CompuServe (IBMAPPS forum). File: BIBL84.ZIP
Author's CompuServe ID: 70404,3376
Revision history
1.4 Improved MEDLINE support. No longer chops off abstract
on right margin of lines. Descriptors (MH) handled a bit
better.
1.3 Added limited support for DIALOG tagged format
1.2 Fixed problem with adding a subject to non-NOTIS processing.
MAKEBIX was not putting the subject in any record other
than the 1st one it created!
1.1 Added code to better handle second screen of multi-screen
saves in NOTIS.
1.0 Initial MAKEBIX release. Support for NOTIS OPAC added.
was CD2BIBL
4.2 - Agricola support added
4.1 - ERIC conversion improved. Single term descriptors have the
trailing '-' removed; abstracts that go beyond 512
characters are now handled properly (before CD2BIBL quit
processing after 512 characters); if abstract continues
beyond BIBL's 10 line note field limit, a '...' is
substituted for the last word BIBL would have stored--
indicating that the abstract continues.
4.0 - Support for structure of 7.0 release of BIBL added
3.0 - Support for new structure of BIBL record (release 5.50) added.
2.0 - support for new structure of BIBL record (release 5.40) added.
Problem with botching first cite in ERIC downloads fixed.
1.2 - Pick input file from list added.
1.1 - View file added
1.0 - Original release