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Solid program 
- Version: 5.6.3, 8/28/2008 08:59AM PST
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FloridaLaura
I’ve never used a bibliography tool before, but then contracted for a book project that will require works to be cited. Thus launched a search and demo period between Bookends and Sente. Sente’s price turned me off, but its interface and excellent customer support turned me right back on. For instance, I asked whether this program could be made to interface easily with Scrivener. In only the 13 or 14 days I used the demo, the developer made that happen. And he was quickly responsive to other questions I had during my trial period.
Mind you, if you’ve never used any kind of citation program before, I think you’ll find Sente and probably all the others daunting. I still have much to learn. But Bookends crashed for me when I only had three references added. Sente is still going strong. That was another defining point for me.
I still think the price of Sente should come down some. But if you need this kind of program, great technical support, and an interface that has a genuinely Mac feel, you owe it to yourself to give the 30-day demo a spin.
Mind you, if you’ve never used any kind of citation program before, I think you’ll find Sente and probably all the others daunting. I still have much to learn. But Bookends crashed for me when I only had three references added. Sente is still going strong. That was another defining point for me.
I still think the price of Sente should come down some. But if you need this kind of program, great technical support, and an interface that has a genuinely Mac feel, you owe it to yourself to give the 30-day demo a spin.
Goodbye to MS word and EndNote! - Version: 5.6.1, 6/30/2008 11:57AM PST
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wgscott
I've been using this for about four hours now to reference my NIH grant in Pages. I imported my endnote library (via XML export from EndNote and imported that into Sente -- the native import failed). Word X/EndNote X works ok on my PPC but on intel it is an impossibly sluggish combination.
This does everything that I need.
Searching 1120 reference database is more sluggish than EndNote, however.
This does everything that I need.
Searching 1120 reference database is more sluggish than EndNote, however.
Both Bookends and Sente are excellent programs. I have used Bookends for a couple of years, with a large reference library (>6,000 references, >1,200 downloaded pdfs), and have been impressed at wonderful support from the designer. However, the fact that Pages 09 has opened to EndNote integration made me look at all the reference managers again. Whilst I think the EndNote integration in Pages 09 is very effective, I still find the EndNote interface and user features clunky. Bookends has a straightforward interface and many lovely features for updating references, downloading and filing pdf files, and importing references from PubMed or pdfs. However, it can only scan saved Pages files. I sometimes find myself saving a Pages file, formatting it, then exporting it to Word to share with colleagues or publish, which is a drag. Sente, on the other hand, has some lovely lovely features for searching and importing references from pubmed or pre-downloaded pdfs. It's easy to use, and looks lovely. Even more handy, it can scan open Pages files, reducing somewhat the effort of formatting bibliographies. It's still not the full integration with Pages that EndNote X2 offers (how I wish Apple would open up Pages to other developers), but it is easy and helpful. In summary, if you're frustrated with EndNote, or just wish your reference manager could do more and help you handle all your pdfs more easily, then Bookends and Sente are both great programs. For Pages 09 integration, though, Sente just edges Bookends so far.