Article Archivist for Windows and Macintosh

Did you ever go looking for an article in a genealogy magazine or journal that was published several years ago? "I know it was in here somewhere!" If you were using Article Archivist, you could find the article instantly.

Article Archivist is a database for magazine articles. It does require a lot of data input and that means you input the data. Each time you receive a magazine, you need to enter information about the articles: title, author, date of publication, magazine name, and more. For genealogy articles, you might want to add the surnames mentioned in each article.

Now you can put away your magazine. When you want to search for something in the future, simply ask Article Archivist to find the surname of interest (or whatever keywords you may have entered) and it will show you every occurrence of that name in your magazine collection, including the page number and where you stored the magazine.

Of course, this isn't limited to genealogy magazines. You can index any magazines, covering any topics. Article Archivist is completely customizable and can manage an unlimited number of magazines at once. The program will also print lists of all information that has been indexed.

Click on the image to the right to see a larger screenshot of Article Archivist in operation.

It strikes me that Article Archivist is a useful program but requires a lot of tedious data entry to make it worthwhile.

Article Archivist is available for all versions of Windows starting with Windows 95 as well as for Macintosh OS X. The program sells for $14.95 and a free trial version is available. For more information, go to http://www.digitalfriedchicken.com/ArticleArchivist.html.

Comments

[Mic Barnette]

Like you, Dick, it seems like a fantastic idea, but, sounds like a lot of work imputing the data.

I often use PERSI when I am looking for an article I may or may not own or have ever read.

My very biggest complaint against PERSI, however, is they fail to list the author of the article. Often I remember the name of the author and have to spend a lot of time looking for it by subject or other criteria.

Mic

[Oxa]

The free BiblioExpress from Biblioscape is a far superior bibliographic manager:
http://www.biblioscape.com/index.html

[Dae Powell]

Ah, Oxa, you mention one of MY favourite utilities. BiblioExpress is about 26 Mbytes and features the following:

· Capture references from the Web
· Automatically find related references
· Search the library catalog of universities
· Display the full text in PDF or HTML
· Take notes inside the reference editor
· Assemble notes to build a composition outline
· Write theses and books inside Biblioscape.
· Publish your Biblioscape database on the Web

I find BiblioExpress indispensible. Everyone, go get it NOW.

Happy Dae·
http://ShoeStringGenealogy.com

[Kathy Meyer]

Here is a better link for BiblioExpress http://www.biblioscape.com/biblioexpress.htm