Reference Miner Changelog

What's new in Reference Miner 4.2.5

Jun 24, 2019
  • Added Google Books search.
  • Removed Amazon.com search.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Reference Miner 4.2.4 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Updated online search engines.

New in Reference Miner 4.2.3 (Oct 2, 2017)

  • Fixed a problem with Google Scholar searches.

New in Reference Miner 4.2.2 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug that caused an error when downloading more than 500 references from PubMed

New in Reference Miner 4.2.1 (Apr 8, 2017)

  • Fixed a problem with PubMed search.

New in Reference Miner 4.2 (Oct 20, 2016)

  • Updated Google Scholar search to deal with changes made by Google.

New in Reference Miner 4.1 (May 6, 2014)

  • Updated JSTOR search to deal with changes made by JSTOR.
  • Updated Google Scholar search to deal with changes made by Google.
  • Fixed a bug with the display of Amazon book covers.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.9 (Nov 10, 2012)

  • Fixed problems with Google Scholar searches

New in Reference Miner 4.0.8 (Aug 23, 2012)

  • Fixes parsing problems of some references found with Google Scholar.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.7 (Jul 4, 2012)

  • Bug fixes, including PubMed search.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.6 (Jun 2, 2012)

  • Restored Google Search after changes made by Google

New in Reference Miner 4.0.5 (Apr 28, 2012)

  • Updated the Google Scholar search to deal with changes made by Google.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.4 (Feb 17, 2012)

  • Update PubMed search to deal with changes made by NCBI.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.3 (Jan 20, 2012)

  • Updated Google Scholar direct search and Autocomplete Paper to deal with changes made by Google.
  • Retrieve abstracts from Google Scholar.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.2 (Aug 20, 2011)

  • Search Amazon Italy and Amazon China.
  • When using the built-in browser with "Google Scholar", hold down the Option key when clicking on a reference to go to the Related articles page. This can be useful if you have access privileges for the pdf from some sources but not others. In the Related Articles web page you can choose to get the article from a source for which you have privileges.
  • Amazon will allow you to retrieve no more than 100 references for a given search. If a search results in more than 100 hits and the book you wanted is not in that list, you must refine the search. This is a limitation enforced by Amazon, not Reference Miner.
  • Fixed a bug where dropping the pdf proxy icon from the built-in browser on the Desktop didn't create a copy of the pdf or webarchive.

New in Reference Miner 4.0.1 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause an error to occur after certain Google Scholar searches.
  • Improved error handling.
  • Minor cosmetic improvements.

New in Reference Miner 3.1.4 (Dec 26, 2009)

  • Updated Google Scholar search to be compatible with changes made by Google.

New in Reference Miner 3.1.3 (Nov 2, 2009)

  • Updated the Amazon.de search to be compatible with changes made by Amazon.
  • Fixed a problem where Japanese and other Unicode characters in a Google Search result would not be displayed properly.

New in Reference Miner 3.1.2 (Jul 29, 2009)

  • Amazon searches are signed and compliant with changes required by Amazon.
  • Search for 13 digit ISBNs.
  • Minor cosmetic fixes.

New in Reference Miner 3.1.1 (Jul 9, 2009)

  • Full screen use of built-in browser. If you select "Built-in Browser" from the search pop-up menu, the browser will take up the entire search window.
  • JavaScript is enabled in the built-in browser by default and turned off at sites with known conflicts. If you encounter such conflicts, please notify Sonny Software and provide the problematic URL.
  • Updated the parsing engine to deal with changes made in Google Scholar.

New in Reference Miner 3.1 (Jun 9, 2008)

  • Adds the ability to search Google Scholar. An advanced search option supports search criteria such as boolean logic, date ranges, subject areas, and more. Surf to Google Scholar references on the Web with the Reference Miner built-in browser.

New in Reference Miner 3.0 (May 6, 2008)

  • PubMed and Amazon browser added, with drag and drop download of pdfs and web pages.