On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
Suppose all my papers lie in subject A, and I have a master bib file (created using BibDesk) for that subject. For a particular paper only a subset of all the references in this master bib file might be used. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using that subset to form a separate bib file for that paper? One advantage: In LyX, I scroll through the references and pick the appropriate one to be inserted in the paper, and this is faster if there are fewer references to scroll through. One disadvantage: any changes to a reference in the master bib file have to be repeated in any separate bib file that contains that reference. Others?
Bruce, I don't know anything about Macs or BibDesk, so my comments may not be appropriate. I'm in the incredibly tedious process of entering all my scientific references into RefDB. When I want to pull all references in subject A, I get them from the database by keyword(s) and write a BibTeX file. That file is moved to the document directory and used for the one project. If BibDesk lets you write the selected references to a .bib, that's what I would do. Now, if you change the master reference, you can regenerate your document-specific list if that change affects the printed reference itself. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.(TM) | Accelerator <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
