Researchers share research notes and bibliographic references with project collaborators. Class participants work on collaborative bibliographic research projects, which they put in a shared database. Library science schools teach bibliographic database management and online searching techniques and provide students with hands-on learning experiences. Other users immediately see any database changes. Automatic record locking ensures database integrity when users are editing records.
Users can maintain private databases or share multiple-user databases with others.
Each user can save personal preferences such as file locations, fonts and report formats. Password protection protects important data. Only authorized users can change database entries. A simplified read-only menu enables casual users to use public databases easily and protects databases from inadvertant changes. Flexible installation allows public read-only databases, personal databases in private subdirectories or shared databases for work group projects.