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- BIBLIO.EXE
- Version 9/87
-
- A Search and Retrieval Utility
- for list management.
-
- BIOLIT Inc., #47
- 131 NW 4th St.
- Corvallis OR. 97339
-
- You are invited to try BIBLIO and to give copies to
- others. Anyone who keeps the program should send $20 to the
- address above to avoid copyright infringement and license
- their use of the program. If they send their address and
- the name of the program registered, registrants will be
- sent free replacement disks if any major 'bugs' are found
- and removed from the program before January 1, 1989 and
- will be offered low-cost updates if significantly enhanced
- versions are developed. Suggestions for enhancements are
- invited.
-
- NOTE: Another Biolit program, LIST-MGR.EXE, is similar to
- BIBLIO but is more general in its application, being
- intended for use with lists in general. It allows retrieval
- of records containing a given phrase, word, or word
- fragment (referred to as a 'phrase') in a designated part
- (field) of the record and retrievals of records containing
- either or both of two field/phrase combinations. It also
- provides the select-on-display, select-all-records, and
- reformatting options of BIBLIO.
-
- When you register BIBLIO, you may request a free copy of LIST-MGR if you enclose a formatted diskette with
- postage-paid mailer or enclose an additional $1.50 for
- diskette and mailing costs.
-
-
- SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH BIBLIO
-
- Using an input list of bibliographic references (records),
- you can generate a new text file containing:
-
- References in which the Author and Title fields have been
- interchanged.
-
- References from which the Keys field, Notes field, and
- field labels have been omitted.
-
- All of the references by a specified author.
-
- Those references by a specified author which also include a
- specified key word in the Keys field.
-
- Those references which contain both of two key words in the
- Keys field.
-
- Those references which contain both of two text words (in
- the Title, Keys, or Notes fields).
-
- WHAT BIBLIO DOES
-
- BIBLIO acts upon an input file containing a list of
- bibliographic citations, each of which may include up to 5
- labeled fields: Authors (field A), Title (T), Source (S),
- Keywords (K), and Notes (N). It can accomplish either or
- both of two functions, REFORMATTING and RETRIEVAL.
-
- REFORMATTING: For multi-field records, the user may change
- the fields to be included in the output-file records as
- well as the sequence of fields within the records.
-
- RETRIEVAL: Selected records are extracted from the input
- list and returned to a new disk text file. Records are
- selected according to one of the following criteria, as
- chosen by the user:
-
- a) occurrence of a desired search phrase in a specified
- field (field A, T, K, N, or T+K+N);
-
- b) occurrence of both of two field/phrase combinations;
-
- c) direct decision when the first part of each record is
- displayed;
-
- d) retrieval of all records in the list (useful for
- Reformatting).
-
-
- FORMAT FOR INPUT RECORD (REFERENCES) FILE:
-
- 1. The input file must not exceed 60000 bytes.
-
- 2. Each record must be followed by an empty line.
-
- 3. Any 'empty' line within a single record must contain
- at least a space (i.e., it is not really empty but will
- appear to be so).
-
- 4. The `{` sign must not occur except as specified below.
-
- 5. Any record may include any or all of 5 labeled fields,
- in any order. Each field must begin at the left margin with
- a three-character label: a '{', a letter (A,T,S,K, or N),
- and a space. Permitted fields and labels are:
- {A [Author field] -first line must begin with: `{A `
- {T [Title field] -first line must begin with: `{T `
- {S [Source field] -first line must begin with: `{S `
- {K [Key words or phrases] -first line begins: `{K `
- {N [Notes, abstract, etc.] -first line begins: `{N `
-
- 6. The number, length, or sequence of fields need not be
- the same for different records.
-
-
- TECHNIQUE
-
- On-screen instructions should be adequate for your use of
- BIBLIO. However, the following pointers may be of
- interest.
-
- SEARCH PHRASES: Search phrases may be words, word
- fragments, or phrases up to 18 characters in length.
-
- HOW MANY FIELDS: There is no need for a given field to
- contain only a single category of information. The entire
- record can be in a single field, simplifying file
- preparation, if (a) you will not need to change the record
- format for the output file or (b) retrieval is desired no
- matter where within the record your search phrase occurs.
- On the other hand, if you will want to drop or move part of
- the record before output, or if some occurrences of the
- search phrase should be ignored, an additional field will
- need to be used.
-
- PUNCTUATION: Punctuation, spacing, and upper/lower case
- of search phrases must be the same as in the input file
- for a retrieval to occur. Judicious selection of search
- phrases will minimize false non-retrievals or false
- retrievals. Examples: if you want retrieval whether or not
- the first letter of a phrase is capitalized, omit that
- first letter from your search phrase. If you do not want
- retrieval if a word is part of a larger word, include the
- preceding and or following space. Use all-caps in the
- record when possible (as in Keys and Notes fields) to
- eliminate uncertainty about case for those sections of the
- record.
-
- RE-SELECTION: The number of search phrase/field
- combinations for a given record is not limited to the two
- that can be entered at each pass: if field labels are
- retained in the output file, that output file can then be
- used (after being renamed) as the input file for selection
- of a further sub-set of records. Using this cascade
- technique, simultaneous occurrence of any number of search
- field/phrase combinations may be required before a record
- is finally selected.
-
-
- SAMPLE INPUT FILE
-
- The short input file seen below is included on the
- distribution diskette as BIBLIO.REF. Scan it now to
- identify possible search strategies (e.g., retrieve
- those records containing both CARTIL and PROTEIN SYN in
- field K. Then type BIBLIO for a trial run of the program.
-
-
- BIBLIO.REF
-
- {A L.F. Adamson and S.H. Ingbar
- {T Selective Alteration by Triiodothyronine of Amino Acid
- Transport in Embryonic Bone
- {S Endocrinology, 81 (1967) 1362-1371
- {K AMINO ACID TRANSPORT THYROID HORMONE BONE
-
- {A L.F. Adamson, S.G. Langeluttig, and C.S. Anast
- {T Inhibition by Puromycin of Amino Acid Transport by
- Embryonic Chick Bone
- {S Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 115 (1966) 355-360
- {K PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PUROMYCIN AMINO ACID TRANSPORT BONE
- CARTILAGE
- {N PUROMYCIN INHIBITS AMINO ACID TRANSPORT BY EMBRYONIC
- CHICK BONE BUT ONLY AFTER A 1-2 HOUR DELAY. REVERSAL OF
- THE INHIBITION AFTER REMOVAL OF THE PUROMYCIN IS ALSO
- DELAYED. THE DELAYS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE TIME REQUIRED
- FOR EXHAUSTION OR SYNTHESIS OF TRANSPORT PROTEINS.
-
- {A L.F. Adamson, A.C. Herrington, and J. Bornstein
- {T Evidence for the Selection by the Membrane Transport
- System of Intracellular or Extracellular Amino Acids for
- Protein Synthesis
- {S Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 282 (1972) 352-365
- {K PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PUROMYCIN BONE
- CARTILAGE
- {N ..A COMPLEX FORMED BETWEEN THE AMINO ACID AND THE
- MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS THE SOURCE OF SUBSTRATE
- FOR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OR FOR INTRACELLULAR RELEASE. IN
- ORDER FOR INTRACELLULAR AMINO ACIDS TO BE INCORPORATED
- INTO PROTEIN, THEY MUST FIRST BECOME REASSOCIATED WITH
- THE MEMBRANE, IN COMPETITION WITH EXTRACELLULAR AMINO
- ACIDS AND AT A SITE EXPOSED TO EXTRACELLULAR MODIFIERS
- OF AMINO ACID UPTAKE.
-
- ITION WITH EXTRACELLULAR AMINO
- ACIDS AND AT A SITE EXPOSED TO EXTRACELLULAR MODIFIERS
- OF AMINO ACID UPT