Tari,
Did you report the problem to the folks at EndNote? If so what did they say
caused this, as in theory it should not happen. Given how long I have used
the software I'm interested in their response so I know if I should be
considering changing software.
Stephen
Stephen M. Perle, D.C., M.S.
American Chiropractic Association, Faculty Council Chairperson
Professor of Clinical Sciences
Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT 06604 USA
www.bridgeport.edu/~perle
Ethics Articles www.chiroweb.com/columnist/perle
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most cherished theories. Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual
virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
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> From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto:EVIDENCE-BASED-
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> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: managing reference data
>
> I would have agreed until about 2 weeks ago when we discovered that in a
> large systematic review process (<20,000 references), Endnote "lost" more
> than 1,000 references when we combined libraries from different sources.
> Thankfully this was discovered before publication, but we've decided we
> won't use Endnote again for large reference libraries, particularly in
> systematic reviews when it's so important not to lose a single reference.
>
> Incidentally we also found that references that weren't (apparently)in the
> original Endnote libraries, appeared in the new libraries created when we
> combined the original libraries.
>
> Tari
>
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