*** REFLIST *** Welcom t REFLIST simpl WordSta an MailMerg comman fil t assis i th creatio o bibliograph o referenc lis fo researc work I i designe t follo th forma require b th America Psychologica Associatio (3r Edition) However i ca easil b modifie t follo othe formats Th developmen o thi comman fil wa inspire b chapte i M Davi Stone' book "GETTIN TH MOS FRO WORDSTA AN MAILMERGE" Th fil fro tha chapte wa no wha w wante an di no appl t th AP forma s w altere i t matc th AP forma an wor a w prefered Wit tha a background th followin wil explai ho i work an ho t us it. Program Design REFLIS i men drive comman fil t b use throug MailMerge I i divide int severa smal comman file tha ar designe t hel la ou referenc lis informatio fro differen type o sources Th men fil i name REFLIS an yo ru i throug MailMerge Th variou option fro thi men eac hav smal comman fil o thei own Eac o thes file (whe us i complete the recall th men fil s th nex referenc ca b entered. Direction fo Use Afte enterin WordStar th use shoul MailMerg th fil name REFLIS (th scree wil loo bette i yo tur of th fil display) A thi poin ther ar tw choices yo ca creat dis fil (b answerin ye t th appropriat question o yo ca creat har copy Yo shoul b awar tha i yo creat printe cop o th inpu information th AP forma wil no b strictl followed AP call fo th secon an followin line o eac referenc t b indente spaces I yo creat printe cop a input thi wil no b done I yo creat dis fil first yo ca the edi i t follo th indente format W sugges th creatio o dis fil s tha yo wil hav saved retrievable an editabl file. Ideally yo shoul hav al o you reference sorte befor yo begin I not yo wil hav t us th editin function o WordSta t sor you referenc lis file I yo ente reference a tw differen wor sessions b carefu no t overwrit dis file Yo wil hav t writ tw referenc file an combin the fo you fina referenc list. (May, 1985) REFLIS i copyrigh 198 b Bil an Ji Rigel REFLIS ma b use freely give away o adapted bu ma no b sol withou writte permissio fro on o th authors I yo updat i, chang it o adap i t anothe forma pleas le on o u know or better still, send one of us a copy. Bill Rigel Jim Rigel 242 S. Lakeshore Drive 1636 Reed Road Lake Wales, FL 33853 West Trenton, NJ 08628 REFLIST, VERSION 1.1. Edited by Gerald Grow. August, 1985. REFLIST 1.1 contains the following files: REFLIST, REFLIST.DOC, FORMAT.REF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, R, X Do not rename the single-character filenames unless you also modify the menu in REFLIST to correspond. Bein Associat Managin Edito o th Journa o Instructiona Developmen fo year mad m mor o a exper o th AP referenc lis tha wante t be ha hope fo year tha someon woul writ thi program Thanks Bil an Ji Rigel REFLIS wil correctl ente th MOST commo type o references Unfortunately th AP forma contain s man exception an artibrar convention (the tak 1 page t explai it tha som kind o reference wil com ou strange Thi versio doe not fo example distinguis betwee a unpublishe pape presente a meetin (titl underlined an th sam pape presente a symposiu (titl no underlined) I simila case dissertatio appearin i Abstracts shoul no hav it titl underlined a unpublishe dissertatio should (Sigh. Rule lik tha creat errors Eve i yo us REFLIST b sur t proofrea you referenc lis carefully before submitting it. Version 1.1 of REFLIST has these changes: - several corrections to conform to APA requirements - more extensive on-screen directions for writing references - selection (8) for Technical Reports - extra lines for long titles and multiple authors - Justification set to ragged right (as APA requires) - Error Check added at end of each entry - automate metho o formatin reference list in WordStar I cas yo ar interested mad stud an critiqu o th difficultie o th AP referenc list whic appea i th COMMEN sectio o th th America Psychologis nea th en o 1985 Th APA however say the don' pla t chang i fo anothe o years. NOTES: FINA FORMATTING T creat AP styl ("undented" references yo mus ente the wit REFLIST writ the t dis file the reforma th dis fil int referenc format. Th reference ar al writte t th dis fil wit thre leadin blank i th lef margin, like this: Jones J. Smith K. Hobbit F (1985) Technocrati assimilatio o altruisti algorithms A investigatio o publi domai programmers (5t ed.) Orlando FL Donke Tai Press. Followin th simpl direction i FORMAT.REF yo ca quickl chang thi int AP referenc forma b removin th leadin blank o th firs lin o eac reference, so the reference looks like this: Jones J. Smith K. Hobbit F (1985) Technocrati assimilatio o altruisti algorithms A investigatio o publi domai programmers (5t ed.) Orlando FL Donke Tai Press. O rar occasions th firs lin o th referenc ma loo short but it should pass muster. UNWANTE SPACES Watc ou fo extr space i you referenc list especiall befor period an i th middl o two-lin title an authors JOURNA WITHOU VOLUM NUMBER I yo cit journa withou volum number yo wil ge a extr comm i th reference wher th volum woul normall be whic yo wil hav t remov whe yo forma th references Suggestion I yo cite say Reader' Diges articl (whic ha n volum an number) us a erro marker suc a @@ i plac o th volum number s yo ca locat an remov tha comma. Wher ther i n Volume number Yo wil als nee t ad "p. o "pp. befor th pag numbers. ARTICL WITHOU AUTHOR Ente titl i autho position Ther wi b a extr perio i th referenc wher i expecte th titl t be Delet thi a forma time. CORPORAT AUTHOR Yo wil hav t ENTE PERIO a th en o th nam o corporat autho (suc a "Genera Dynamic Corporation o "Harvar University") becaus th progra expect th perio normall foun afte th initial o a author' name Incidentally d no us abbreviation i th nam o corporat author. CUSTOMIZATION I yo ge tire o seein th numerou on-scree prompts edi th mailmerg fil usin WordStar locat th ".dm comman o th lin containin th offendin prompt an ad anothe do t tur i int "..dm whic wil caus tha lin no t appea o th screen. Afte yo ar familia wit th AP style yo ma wan t replac th longe direction wit on o tw shor example t serv a models. I yo mak correction o updates pleas sen the t m o an 5 format CP/ o IBM (identify the disk format, please!) IMPROVEMENT NEEDED Ho woul somebod lik t writ progra t sor variable-length undente referenc lis i whic th entrie ar separate b tw returns Tha way w coul us REFLIS t ad ne entries the realphabetiz the list automatically. Gerald Grow P. O. Box 4282 Tallahassee, FL 32303