The Power Tool for Creating Bibliographies
and Managing References, Research Notes and Catalogs!

Instant Bibliographies and Citations

Library Master keeps track of millions of books, articles, corporate documents, manuscripts and recordings. It automatically produces reference lists, annotated bibliographies, subject bibliographies, footnotes and citations that meet the requirements of standard manuals of biblographic style. Library Master integrates with Microsoft Word so you can insert citations and format bibliographies without leaving your word processor. You will save hours on every paper you write!

Never worry again about the right punctuation, when to quote or italicize a title, or the difference between footnotes and bibliographies. With a mouse click, a bibliography is created that meets the requirements of your publisher. Library Master simplifies and speeds up your research and writing!

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Organize Any Kind of Textual Information

Library Master is a flexible textual database manager, as well. Manage catalogs for libraries, museums and archives, research notes for theses, papers and books, scientific project notes, legal briefs, mailing lists, sales records, personnel records, product descriptions, inventories, and more!

• Catalog books, articles, theses, reviews, works of art, audio recordings, videos, patents, musical scores, proceedings, computer software, Web sites and much more in one database.
• Keep track of Internet sites and other online sources.
• Design your own record types to catalog special materials.
• Use Library of Congress or Dewey Decimal call numbers.

• Effortlessly format bibliographies in styles used by thousands of journals and publishers.
• Library Master reads your document and automatically creates a bibliography of works cited.
• Paste citations directly into a word processor document.
• Microsoft Word Add-in lets you browse for records, insert citations and format citations in a Microsoft Word document without leaving Microsoft Word.^†
• Compatible with WordPerfect, Microsoft Word and other Windows and DOS word processors.

• Use popular science styles such as APA, Nature, Science, Vancouver, AMA, Council of Biology Editors, American Chemical Society, Physics, Biochemistry, IEEE, and others.
• Use widely-used humanities styles such as Chicago, MLA, Turabian, American Anthropologist, ANSI, American Sociological Association, MHRA, Marketing, Linguistic Society of America, Political Science, Society of Biblical Literature, and many more.
• Easily design personalized bibliographic styles.
• Bibliographies can include annotations or research notes.
• Group references by subjects, authors ot any other field.
• Journal names can be automatically abbreviated with standard abbreviations.

• Effortlessly create in-text citations and footnotes in any style — numbered, author-date or detailed references.
• Footnotes automatically use a full first citation, and abbreviated subsequent citations of the same work.
• Footnotes can optionally use "ibid." and "op. cit."
• Edit a document with formatted citations and quickly reformat citations in any bibliographic style.

• Library Master toolbar and menus are added to Microsoft Word.
• Browse a database and insert Citation Markers in a document without leaving Word.
• Format citations and bibliographies from within Word.
• Unformat citations and convert them back to Citation Markers.
• Reformat citations after editing a formatted document.

• Manage 2 million entries per database!
• Take an unlimited research notes for each bibliographic reference.
• "Drag-and-drop" text from one record to another.
• Create library catalogs, research bibliographies for a thesis or article, mail lists, research notes databases, sermon illustrations, and more.
• Quickly locate duplicate records in databases.
• Click on a hyperlink to display a Web page, graphics or text file.

• A simple Wizard leads you step-by-step to create databases.
• Use database templates to create a wide variety of prefined database structures.
• "Drag and drop" fields to design custom data input forms.

• Design your database to meet your special needs — use any combination of fields and custom record types.
• Use text, number, name, date and call number fields.
• Unique Literature Reference Field classifies materials by references to the Bible and other ancient literature.
• Index frequently used fields for faster searches.
• Distribute read-only databases on CD-ROM or floppy disk with the Database Distribution Kit (available separately).

• Search hundreds of thousands of records in a second.
• Search any combination of fields with AND, OR, NOT logical operators.
• Use equals, not equals, greater than, less than searches.
• Use an approximate search when you are unsure about spelling of names and locations.
• Search for a range of dates (Oct. 1995-Mar. 1997) and Scripture references (Gen. 2:5-3:10).
• Matching search terms are highlighted in records.

• View and edit multiple records in separate windows. Work with several databases at once.
• View records in any sort order.
• Select from a list of authors, titles, subjects, journals and other fields to quickly find a desired record.
• Mark records to delete, cite, print, paste to the clipboard, copy to another database, or save as a database subset.

• Sort on up to 5 fields at once.
• Sort anonymous works properly.
• Character sort order can be based on any language.
• Sorting can ignore leading articles and punctuation.

• Create an index to periodical literature or a book catalog, cross indexed by author, subject and publisher.
• Print library catalog cards in standard AACR2R (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules) format.
• Print book spine and pocket labels on laser, inkjet and dot matrix printers.
• Print address labels from mail list databases.
• Design custom reports to meet your special needs.

• Global search and replace changes the field contents of a group of records.
• Spell check records while entering data.^†
• Pick items from authority tables listing valid entries.
• Select from thousands of standard journal names in sciences, medicine and humanities.
• Copy one record as a model for a new record.
• Enter abbreviations which are automatically expanded.

• Click on an Internet address to view the site in your Web browser.
• Automatically create Web pages with any report layout.
• Use BookWhere to search library catalogs on the Internet and send the results directly to your Library Master database.

• Library Master imports from hundreds of sources:
  • Bibliographic CD-ROMs from DIALOG, ProQuest, Silver Platter, ABC-CLIO, Wilson, CD-PLUS, and others.
  • Online services such as DIALOG, FirstSearch, EBSCO, MEDLINE, STN, OCLC, EPIC, CARL Uncover, WebSPIRS, and more.
  • Online catalogs from NOTIS, MELVYL, GEAC, DRA, SIRS, PALS, INNOPAC, Voyager, SIRSI, and other vendors.
  • Windows and DOS database programs, such as Access, DBase, Endnote, Inmagic, Nota Bene, Papyrus, Procite, Reference Manager, and more.
• Importing automatically moves portions of each record to the appropriate fields, removes unwanted text, changes capitalization, rearranges names and performats other data transformations.
• Design flexible personalized import filters for almost any source.
• Read and write MARC records used by most library catalog systems (Data Magician is available separately).

• Automatic record locking allows several people to edit and search a database at the same time on a network.
• Create an online library catalog or shared research database.
• Compatible with Windows clients on most local or wide area networks.

New Features in This Version

Library Master 5.0 enhances the renowned power and flexibility of the popular Library Master bibliographic database manager. Hundreds of new features save you time and simplify your research and writing.

Registered users of any earlier version of Library Master can upgrade to this new version for a substantial discount.

System Requirements

Registered users of an earlier version of Library Master may upgrade to the latest version for a substantial discount.

Contact Balboa Software for discounts on site licenses and multiple copies.

Order this powerful and flexible program today and let Library Master transform your research and writing.

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