PubMed News Alert

April 21, 2004

Reference Manager version 11 was released on March 17, 2004. Since version 11 was designed to work with the new PubMed infrastructure implemented last year, you can use version 11 to connect to and search PubMed.

August 12, 2003

News Alert: RefMan and PubMed

Many of you are aware that PubMed has implemented system infrastructure enhancements that affect the Internet Search feature in Reference Manager. Please review the appropriate notice below for an update.

Notice for RefMan v10 customers (single-user version): Good news! We have certified an update and Refman 10.0.1 is available at no charge from our website to all registered Refman 10 users. This update restores the Internet Search feature in Reference Manager. Download the Reference Manager 10.0.1 Update.

Notice for RefMan v10 Network, Volume license and multi-copy customers: If your department or organization has the Network version of Reference Manager 10 or holds a volume or multi-copy license for v10, plese submit your request to receive the 10.0.1 update CD at no charge by emailing us at services@adeptscience.co.uk with your serial number enclosed.

Notice for RefMan v9.x users: When PubMed has completed implementing its planned changes the Internet Search feature in RefMan v9.x will no longer work. Due to the magnitude of the engineering modifications necessary, we will not be able to update RefMan v9.x to maintain the Internet Search connectivity with PubMed. We recommend all RefMan v9.x users, who rely extensively on searching PubMed through RefMan, upgrade to RM v10.0.1.

Options for RM v9.x users:

1. A) You can upgrade to v10.0.1 and continue to utilize the Internet Search command to query PubMed directly from your Reference Manager. For upgrade information, please see http://www.refman.com/rmwhatsnew.asp.
   
   B) You can browse the PubMed website and save your references into a text file that can be imported into the software. To do this:
   
   1. Browse to the PubMed website through an Internet browser.
   2. Enter your searches in the website (Select "Clipboard" from the "Send to" drop down menu to save records from multiple searches as you work).
   3. On the search results page, select "MEDLINE" in the dropdown menu next to the "Display" button.
   4. Choose "File" from the "Send to" drop down menu, and then click "Send to".
   5. Click on the "Save" button and save the file somewhere easily accessible such as your desktop (we recommend saving with the file extension *.txt).
   6. In Reference Manager, open the database/library where you would like these references saved.
   7. Select the "References...Import Text File" command.
   8. In the Filters field, select the Browse button [...], select PubMed.cap
   9. In the Text File field, select the Browse button [...], and then select your downloaded *.txt file.
   10. Click the Import button.
   
   The text references that you downloaded from the website will be imported into your database/library. If you have any questions, please feel free to call our technical support department.

We believe the actions being undertaken at PubMed ultimately will improve the reliability of your access to PubMed in the long term and we are committed to taking advantage of these enhancements in our current program versions.

Thank you for using Reference Manager,

Reference Manager Product Team
Thomson Reuters
www.isiresearchsoft.com

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