Thomson ResearchSoft Offers Free Updates for Connectivity with Online Sources and Publishing Styles

Monthly releases for EndNote and Reference Manager save researchers time with increased reference collection options and new journal styles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Carlsbad, CA USA - May 3, 2006—Today, Thomson ResearchSoft (www.researchsoft.com), a business of The Thomson Corporation, announced free monthly releases for their bibliographic management products EndNote® and Reference Manager® that enhance connectivity with online sources and new or changing publishing styles. Each month ResearchSoft posts new and updated connection files, import filters and journal styles to the product Web sites so users can save time and reduce the need for customization.

“Our goal is to respond to customer requests in a timely manner and enrich existing connectivity related to our products or publisher-initiated changes,” said David L. Kochalko, president, Thomson ResearchSoft. “By doing this in partnership with EndNote and Reference Manager users who provide suggestions, we now have over 3,600 files for EndNote and 1,900 for Reference Manager.”

Users worldwide depend on EndNote and Reference Manager to locate bibliographic data and create bibliographies for curricula vitae, manuscripts, grant proposals, and other documents. These products provide direct links, called connection files, to hundreds of online reference databases such as Web of Science, Ovid, PubMed, the Library of Congress, and university catalogs. Connection files allow users to search and collect references in personal libraries.Users can also import references using filters that decipher information downloaded from online databases. With either method, users can aggregate reference data easily for citing in their papers accurately.

EndNote and Reference Manager use pre-defined publishing styles to create in-text citations and bibliographies instantly following a journal’s style requirements. Users no longer have to retype or reformat bibliographies when submitting to another publication. Available in dozens of different disciplines including medicine, biosciences, the humanities and social sciences, EndNote and Reference Manager publishing styles are time-saving conveniences for researchers worldwide.

Users can download the entire collection of files, or select individual files at www.endnote.com/connectivity and www.refman.com/connectivity. Release notifications are also sent to the various product interest groups. Users can request new and updated files by submitting suggestions to www.endnote.com/suggest or www.refman.com/suggest.

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