[Papyrus-L] Links to References

[Raisa Deber]

At 12:13 PM 6/9/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Folks
>
>I have recently had the opportunity to observe colleagues who have switched
>from Papyrus to Endnote.
>
>While there are many issues surrounding this switch, a distinct advantage
>that I have observed for Endnote is the capacity to link the Endnote
>reference to an electronic copy of the actual article (either as file on a
>hard disc or a Web page). Once a reference has been found in Endnote, you
>can jump across and open the relevant reference.
>
>Is there some way of achieving the same result with Papyrus?

It may not be quite what you're describing, but we file all of our 
references by Papyrus number.  The reference itself contains the full URL 
for web pages; we can copy this into the browser if the moon is in the 
correct phase (aka depending upon the operating system being used and its 
use of the clipboard).  However, in our experience, links tend to break 
frequently, so we usually need hard copies and/or electronic copies on our 
hard drive for important material.  As far as files on hard disk, we've 
recently started naming these with the pap reference number (so, file 123 
would be given the name pap123.pdf).   Our data base is being used by two 
researchers and a number of students, so we've started using keywords 
starting with LOCATED- to tell us who (and where) specific material is 
housed.  We accordingly assign the keyword LOCATED-PDF to tell us that we 
have an electronic version.  No hot links, but a rather near facsimile.
What I'm waiting for is easier handling of long file names - some of us 
give long names (e.g., "chapter 2 of my thesis version 1.doc") which don't 
differ in the first 6 characters, meaning that Papyrus can't tell chapter 2 
from chapter 3, let alone version 1 from version 2.  We work around by 
renaming these files, but it can be a nuisance.  Let alone the refusal of 
Windows to let us shift to and from Papyrus using Alt-Esc.  I'm becoming 
more aware of these issues as I train our students on how to use the 
database.  Dave - any progress on the Windows version?
Hope this helps
Raisa Deber


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>
>
>Pat
>
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Raisa B. Deber, PhD
Department of Health Administration
University of Toronto
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