The RIS specs explicitly say that references must start with "TY - " and end with "ER - ", see <http://www.refman.com/support/risformat_fields_02.asp >. Perhaps you can point them to that, it's their bug.
Christiaan On 4 May 2009, at 9:09 PM, Cloy Tobola wrote: > I'm currently using BibDesk 1.3.20 (1412) > > The file structure for citations being downloaded from EBSCO seems to > have changed. > > Below is an example of a citation that will not open correctly. If I > remove the first two lines (DP and DB), the file opens in BibDesk > correctly. > > Earlier citations from EBSCO that opened okay started with the TY > field. (I don't see the DP or DB fields in any of those records.) > > -c > > > > DP - EBSCOhost > DB - aph > TY - JOUR > AU - Witt, Paul L. > AU - Wheeless, Lawrence R. > AU - Allen, Mike > T1 - A Meta-Analytical Review of the Relationship between Teacher > Immediacy and Student Learning. > JO - Communication Monographs > JF - Communication Monographs > Y1 - 2004/06// > VL - 71 > IS - 2 > M3 - Article > SP - 184 > EP - 207 > SN - 03637751 > AB - This meta-analysis reviews the findings of 81 studies (N = > 24,474) examining the relationship between teachers' verbal or > nonverbal immediacy (or both) and students' learning outcomes. The > cumulative evidence indicates meaningful correlations between > teachers' nonverbal immediacy and student reports of perceived > learning (r = .51) and affective learning (r = .49), but only a slight > correlation with students' performance on cognitive learning measures > (r= .17). Teachers' verbal immediacy was found to correlate with > students' perceived learning (r = .49) and affective learning (r = . > 49), but again the relationship with performed cognitive learning was > notably smaller (r = .06). Average effect sizes were generally smaller > in experimental research designs than in survey-type research, and > generally larger when verbal/nonverbal immediacy was measured as a > single construct. The cumulative results of this meta-analysis confirm > that teacher immediacy has a substantial relationship with certain > attitudes and perceptions of students in relation to their learning, > but a modest relationship with cognitive learning performance. > [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] > AB - Copyright of Communication Monographs is the property of > National Communication Association and its content may not be copied > or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the > copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may > print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract > may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. > Users should refer to the original published version of the material > for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts) > KW - META-analysis > KW - LEARNING > KW - COMMUNICATION > KW - TEACHERS > KW - STUDENTS > KW - Affective Learning > KW - Cognitive Learning > KW - Immediacy > KW - Learning > KW - Meta-Analysis > KW - Nonverbal Immediacy > KW - Perceived Learning > KW - Teacher Immediacy > KW - Verbal Immediacy > N1 - Accession Number: 15316556; Witt, Paul L. 1; Email Address: > [email protected] > Wheeless, Lawrence R. 2 Allen, Mike 3; Affiliation: 1: Assistant > Professor, Department of Communication, Texas Christian University 2: > Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of North > Texas 3: Professor, Department of Communication, University of > Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Source Info: Jun2004, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p184; > Subject Term: META-analysis; Subject Term: LEARNING; Subject Term: > COMMUNICATION; Subject Term: TEACHERS; Subject Term: STUDENTS; Author- > Supplied Keyword: Affective Learning; Author-Supplied Keyword: > Cognitive Learning; Author-Supplied Keyword: Immediacy; Author- > Supplied Keyword: Learning; Author-Supplied Keyword: Meta-Analysis; > Author-Supplied Keyword: Nonverbal Immediacy; Author-Supplied Keyword: > Perceived Learning; Author-Supplied Keyword: Teacher Immediacy; > Author- > Supplied Keyword: Verbal Immediacy; Number of Pages: 24p; > Illustrations: 3 charts; Document Type: Article > L3 - 10.1080/036452042000228054 > ER - > UR - > http://proxy.library.ndsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx > ?direct=true&db=aph&AN=15316556&site=ehost-live&scope=site > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
