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Subject: Re: [TMG] Sources and repositories
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 07:24:15 EDT

In a message dated 01-Oct-00 12:21:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

<< Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that it is not considered good
practice if the only output for information is to call up the input screen.
>>

Exactly my point, Allen. I think that all data available on the input screen
should be available as output, even if it is only for personal hard copy
usage and not to be shared with others.

I would surely like to have a printed and complete listing of repositories
(as well as secondary sources of) a particular source.

The other thing that I notice (on the Supplemental Screen) there is a place
to record the recorder, medium, fidelity, and whether or not the source is
indexed, but no way to output these to a report. This is great that the
references are on the screen, but what good are they unless they can be
hardcopied? Not everyone has a portable computer for research and must
therefore rely on printed notes.

To have to type all this in on the memo screen (the list of repositories,
sources of sources and supplemental info) seems very redundant when the
facility onscreen is already there.

I'm no programmer and no little of how it is done (except in the old BASIC
language) but, it seems to me, that there should be a simple way of attaching
these items to the footnotes screen as output.

I love my TMG, I'd just like what is offered onscreen to be displayed in
print, offscreen.

Cathy

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