You may find some useful materials to help you decide at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/triage/index/refman.htm We use Reference Manager becuase it is more biomedical oriented than other programmes - or at least it was when we made the decision five years ago! Andrew > Nicola, > > I've used Reference Manager 9.5 for a while and it is quite capable > for your purpose. I also know that my colleagues had used ProCite with > a comparable level of satisfaction, and -as far as I know- story is > the same for EndNote. > > The interesting point about these three softwares is that all come > from a single company, therefore they basically should have very > similar capabilities. I guess the choice among them will be based on > their availability. > > Hope it is helpful > Arash > -- > Arash Rashidian, MD > Health Services Research Scholar > Department of Health Sciences and Clinical Evaluation > Alcuin College, University of York > York, YO10 5DD, UK > Tel: +44 (0)1904 434498 > Mob: +44 (0)7870466148 > Fax: +44 (0)1904 434517 > email: [log in to unmask] > > Nicola Innes wrote: > > > > Please could someone recommend a reference manager that they have > > found to be useful. I will be using it mainly for managing papers > > and writing up my PhD so one that eventually allows references to be > > transferred straight into text (e.g. Word) would be ideal. Thanks > > for your help Nicola > > > > Nicola P T Innes BDS, BMSc, BSc > > CSO Research Training Fellow > > Dundee Dental Hospital and School > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > _____ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA Director of Information Resources and Senior Lecturer - Evidence Based Healthcare Information. School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR) Regent Court 30 Regent Street SHEFFIELD S1 4DA Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095 The author of Netting the Evidence: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html and Trawling the Net: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html E-mail: [log in to unmask]