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{{Short description|Reference management software}}

{{Infobox Software
| name = Scholar's Aid
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| screenshot = 
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| developer = Scholar's Aid, Inc.
| latest_release_version = 4.1
| latest_release_date = April 1, 2008
| latest_preview_version =
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| operating_system = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[Software:Reference management software|Reference management software]]/Bibliography manager
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = [http://scholarsaid.com Scholar's Aid homepage]
}}

'''Scholar's Aid''' is a shareware [[Software:Reference management software|reference management software]] package. The project seems to idle. There have been no updates since September 2010.

==Structure==

Scholar's Aid program package includes a bibliographical data manager called '''Library''', an importing/exporting manager called '''DataRetriever''', and a notes/information manager called '''Notes'''.

==Operation==

'''Library''' manages bibliographical data drawn from a wide range of sources (books, articles, Internet web sites, etc.) and generates the common forms of citations (i.e., footnotes, endnotes, etc.) and bibliographies. The format of the resulting reference can conform to one of the standard styles (e.g., Chicago, APA, etc.) or to a style designed by users to meet their own specific requirements.

'''Notes''' manages quotes, notes, web pages, and other information in a hierarchical structure. Each note can be linked to its source in the '''Library''' module in such a way that, when a user transfers any text from the note into a word processing program, '''Notes''' automatically makes a citation with the text transferred in the open document.

'''DataRetriever''' transforms external data such as [[Z39.50|z39.50]] data to Scholar's Aid data and exports Scholar's Aid data as various formats such as [[XML]] and [[Plain text|plain text]].

==Issues==

'''DataRetriever''' works with Windows Vista & Windows7.

'''Scholar's Aid''', which has no Windows7 version, is probably incompatible with Windows7. However it can be installed (along with a companion file of updates) and run in the XP mode that can be downloaded for free from Microsoft and added to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions.

==See also==

{{Reference management software}}

[[Category:Reference management software]]

{{Sourceattribution|Scholar's Aid}}