General help for user

Introduction to BiblioWeb

> BiblioWeb is an Internet/Intranet application for bibliographic software - Biblioscape. It is an application server that can support a large number of concurrent users accessing the same bibliographic database by web browser. BiblioWeb provides the following basic feature sets to users with a web browser:

> Search | Search bibliographic records with indexed search or advanced search.
> Folder | Organize bibliographic records into folders.
> Lookup | Display a hyper linked index of author, journal, keyword, year, etc.
> Marked | Display marked records in selected style, or export marked records.
> Import | Import bibliographic records from a text file with an import filter.
> Format | Format a RTF or HTML document according to a selected style.

Apply for an account

> To use BiblioWeb, you need first login as a user. If you don't have an account already set up, click the sign up now to provide some essential information. Based on the server setup options, you may be granted access immediately, otherwise the administer will contact you by email once your account is approved.

> There are three types of user account:
> Read: User can only search, browse, display, export bibliographic records.
> Write: Plus the right to add, import, update records and format documents.
> Admin: Can edit, delete, move any user's records.

Manage bibliographic records

> Bibliographic records can be organized into folder. To move records into a folder, first check the box before each records you want to move, then select the folder you want to move to and click the "Move to Folder" button.

> Add: Click the hyperlink "New Record". First select the folder the new record will reside, then select the reference type. After entering all the data, click on the "Save" button. Each author should entered entered as "lastname, firstname middlename" and separated by "; " (i.e. Smith, K.; Paket, Leo; Ishaq, K.). For corporate name, it should end with "," (i.e. National Institute of Health,). Date should be entered in US format (i.e. 8/6/1994).

> Edit: Click on the reference type icon to display a record, then click on the "Edit" icon to edit a record.

> Delete: Click on the reference type icon to display a record, then click on the "Delete" icon to delete a record.

> Only users with "Write" account can add, edit, or delete records. The administer may choose the option to only let the user who created the record to edit or delete it. Web users with "Admin" account do not have this limilation.

Exchange ideas at user forum

> BiblioWeb provides a web based forum for users to post public messages. All users can post, reply, and search messages. The posted messages are organized by threads.

> | Web forum is a great place to share ideas, interests, etc. It is less intrusive than email.

Access web resources

> There are almost unlimited bibliographic resources on the web. BiblioWeb has a hyperlink to a web directory of bibliographic resources organized by biblioscape.com

> | Biblioscape web directory is great starting point to explore bibliographic resources.