Other, perhaps better known names in this field are ProCite, Reference Manager and EndNote Plus. Citation is much cheaper than other equivalent software at 61 for a Web-based version. Installation of Citation is straightforward, including the automatic adding of a 'Citation' item on the Tools menu of Word or WordPerfect. Since this only starts the program itself, however, users of Windows 95 may prefer to use that program's 'Start' button to launch Citation and to load a data file at the same time.
Documentation is provided in three Acrobat files.
As a database program, Citation is simple and easy to use. The data are stored in a single table in the sequence of entering. The 'short list' option on the 'view' menu also allows a conveniently quick overview of all records in the database alphabetically arranged by author. Because Citation not only supports a wide variety of bibliographic data but also offers a range of options for dealing with Internet sources and various types of notes, each record consists of no less than 25 fields denoted by two-letter tags. As shown by figure 1, each form moreover offers ample space for additional information such as notes and references to where the publication is kept.