BiblioExpress 3

BiblioExpress is designed to be a simple bibliographic tool for researchers and students. The number one goal is to make it easy to learn and use. It doesn't have the bells and whistles of our flagship product Biblioscape. But if your needs are simple - a reference manager and be able generate foonote or endnote in a few popular styles into Word and WordPerfect, BiblioExpress could be the ideal tool for you.

BiblioExpress uses the same database engine as Biblioscape. It can import or export records in Biblioscape tag format and EndNote Refer format. BiblioExpress database can hold a large number of references. The performance of Dynamic Folder searches will slow down as the size of your database increase. But the performance of Fast Search won't slow down much as your database grows. The records can be grouped by drag-and-drop, or sorted by clicking on the column header.

Organize Records: Bibliographic records are displayed in a data grid. Records can be sorted by clicking the column header. Double clicking a record will switch to the "Record" mode for editing.
Explorer Bar: On the "Explorer Bar", the user can perform complicated queries and store them in a tree structure.
Preview Bar: On the "Preview Bar", the selected record is formatted according to the current Style.

Edit Record: A bibliographic record can be edited with the reference editor. Data fields are divided into three tabs. The screen layout is just like Biblioscape.

Group Columns: Bibliographic records can be grouped by any columns, by drag-and-drop. Records can be grouped at multi-levels.

Choose Fields: User can select which data fields are to be displayed in the data grid by dragging it between the data grid and Columns window.

Shoot to Word or WordPerfect: The user can "shoot" the current reference to a Word or WordPerfect document as a footnote or endnote.

Document: Formatted text can be pasted into the document field of a bibliographic record. You can insert graphics as well as OLE objects.

What's new in version 3

The following features are added in BiblioExpress version 3:

The memory based database engine used in version 2 is replaced by the database engine used in Biblioscape.
The Glance view is replaced by "Dynamic Folder" where user can build complicated queries and save them in a tree structure.
A full text search "Fast Search" is added. Wildcard is supported in search terms. Fast Search will return almost instant results even when your database becomes large.
The old reference editor is replaced by the same reference editor used in Biblioscape. Fields labels will now change according to the reference type.
User can shoot the selected reference into Word or WordPerfect and automatically generate footnote or endnote.

Install and removal

Install

After downloading BiblioExpress from the web, double click the executable, select the drive and folder where you want BiblioExpress to be installed. If you have a previous version of BiblioExpress on your computer, please install the new version to a different folder or remove the older version first. The installation of BiblioExpress itself takes about 5 megabytes.

Removal

You can remove BiblioExpress by deleting the BiblioExpress folder. Since the installation process is simply unzipping files to an empty folder. It is not registered to any place in Window. So the removal is as simple as deleting the BiblioExpress folder.

System Requirements

BiblioExpress runs only under Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT 4, 2000, XP, and Vista. It does not run under Windows 3.1, or other operating systems (Macintosh, UNIX).

Recommended Configuration:
Win 95, 98, Me: Pentium, 32 MB RAM
Win NT4, 2000: Pentium, 64 MB RAM
Win XP: Pentium III, 128 MB RAM

License agreement and copyright

CG Information retains all copyrights to BiblioExpress. You may use BiblioExpress yourself for an unlimited time and without paying any fees. You may distribute it to others so long as all files are left unchanged. You may not distribute BiblioExpress in any way which leads to your making a profit from it.

Menu commands

File

New Database: To create a new database. The current database will be saved first, and you will be prompted for a file name for the new database.
Open Database: To open an existing BiblioExpress database. The current database will be saved first, and you will be prompted for a file name for the program to open.
Import | Biblioscape Tag File: Import records from a Biblioscape tag file.
Import | EndNote Refer File: Import records from an EndNote Refer file.
Export | Biblioscape Tag File: Export current data set as a Biblioscape Tag File.
Export | EndNote Refer File: Export current data set as an EndNote Refer File.
Print: To print the currently selected records. If you want to print all records in the data file, do a “Edit | Select All” (Ctrl+A) first before print.
Exit: Exit BiblioExpress. The current atabase will be saved first before exit.

Edit

Text | Undo: To undo the last action involving text “Cut”, “Copy”, and “Paste”.
Text | Cut: To cut the selected text, and put it into Windows Clipboard.
Text | Copy: To copy the selected text, and put it into Windows Clipboard.
Text | Paste: To paste text from Windows clipboard and put it at the current cursor position.
Copy Formatted: Copy the formatted text of selected reference(s) into Windows Clipboard based on the currently selected Style.
Shoot Formatted: Copy the selected reference(s) into Windows Clipboard. If Word or WordPerfect is open, the formated references(s) will be inserted at the current cursor position in your document.
Shoot to Footnote: Copy the current reference into Windows Clipboard. If Word or WordPerfect is open, a footnote will be inserted at the current cursor position in your documentthe and the formated reference will be pasted into the footnote. If you have selected text in Notes, Abstract, or Document field before using this command, the selected text will be pasted into your document. The footnote will be inserted next to it and the formatted reference pasted into the footnote.
Shoot to Endnote: Copy the current reference into Windows Clipboard. If Word or WordPerfect is open, a endnote will be inserted at the current cursor position in your documentthe and the formated reference will be pasted into the endnote. If you have selected text in Notes, Abstract, or Document field before using this command, the selected text will be pasted into your document. The endnote will be inserted next to it and the formatted reference pasted into the endnote.
Select All: Select all references in the data grid.
Find: To open the “Find” window, and find specified text in specified data field or any data field.
Replace: To open the “Replace” window, and replace the specified text with new one in specified data field or any data field.
Toggle Mark: To mark the selected record if it is not marked, or unmarked it if is already marked.

View

Current View | Group By: To show the column grouping bar, you can then drag a column header to the bar to group records based on the contents of selected column. Click again to hide the column grouping bar.
Current View | Field Chooser: To show a Window with all available data fields, you can then drag data field to the data grid to display, or drag a column on the data grid back to that Window to hide.
Folder List: To show or hide the Dynamic Folder pane.
Show Preview: To show or hide the preview pane.
Status Bar: To show or hide the status bar.

References

New Reference: To add a new record into the data file.
Create Duplicate: To add a new record base on the currently selected record.
Delete: To Delete currently selected records.
Open: To edit the selected record with reference editor. Double click the selected record can do the same thing.
Retrieve All: Go to the first record in the list.
Search | Fast Search: Jump to record by a number.
Search | Dynamic Folder: Go to the last record in the list.
Empty Recycle Bin: Delete all the references permanently from the recycyle bin.

Help

Content and Index: To open the Windows online help of BiblioExpress.
BibliosExpress on the Web: To go to BiblioExpress web site using default web browser.
About BiblioExpress: To show the “About” window of BiblioExpress.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I import records from earlier versions of BiblioExpress?

BiblioExpress 3 uses a different database engine from earlier versions. So you can't open a BiblioExpress 2 database directly. Instead, you have to go to menu command "File | Export | Biblioscape Tag File" in BiblioExpress 2. All your records will be exported as a plain text file with tagged fields. Go to BiblioExpress 3, go to menu command "File | Import | Biblioscape Tag File". Select the file you have just exported from BiblioExpress 2.

How can I use BiblioExpress with other bibliographic software?

BiblioExpress uses the same database engine as Biblioscape to store data. But it can import records in "EndNote Refer" file, as well as "Biblioscape Tag File". If you are an user of bibliographic software like Biblioscape, EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager, you can use BiblioExpress in two ways. First, you can use BiblioExpress to collect reference data. Since it is freeware, you can install it on any computer. Second, you can distribute BiblioExpress along with your data to a colleague. Since BiblioExpress is freeware, it can be distributed freely according to the freeware license.

How many records can a BiblioExpress file hold?

BiblioExpress uses the same database engine as Biblioscape. It can store up to 200 million references in a single database. So there is practically no limit to the size of your database.

How can I move references from BiblioExpress to Biblioscape?

BiblioExpress store its data in binary format. To import those records to Biblioscape, you have to first export BiblioExpress records as a plain text file in Biblioscape Tag Format. Then you must import the text file into Biblioscape using the import filter "Biblioscape."

Start BiblioExpress. Go to the menu command "File | Export | Biblioscape Tag File". Go to the desired folder and enter a file name.
Start Biblioscape. Go to menu command "File | Import".
Click the "Browse" button and select the file you exported in step 1. Select "Biblioscape Tag File" as the import filter. Click the "Start" button to import.