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DESCRIPTION
Sente is the premier academic reference manager for Mac OS X. Sente's iTunes-like interface makes finding, reviewing, organizing and using the academic literature in your field easier than ever.
Sente (pronounced sen-tay) makes literature searches easier by providing a front-end to hundreds of data sources around the world, including: PubMed, Web of Science, Ovid, many university library catalogs, various Ovid databases (e.g., Books in Print, CAB Abstracts, Current Contents, PsychINFO -- all by subscription) Agricola, the U.S. Library of Congress, and any other literature database that supports Z39.50 or SRU, and MARC or Dublin Core record syntax.
Sente updates the results of your searches each day so that you can easily stay current with new results. This means that you will learn about important new papers as soon as they appear in any of the databases you search. And the results will remain available until you find the time to review them, even if that happens when you are not connected to the Internet.
Sente provides numerous tools to help you keep your reference library organized, including: unlimited custom data fields, unlimited custom keywords, star ratings, custom statuses, and filters that can use any of these criteria to automatically produce custom subsets of your data.
When it is time to write up your own research, Sente takes care of the details of properly formating citations and bibliographies. Sente includes over 100 pre-defined bibliography styles (e.g., Vancouver, APA, Chicago, Science, etc.) as well as an easy-to-use bibliography format editor that lets you modify the supplied formats or create your own.
A fully-functional, 30-day trial version is available here at MacUpdate for download from www.thirdstreetsoftware.com.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 6.0.17:
- Fixed a bug that caused Sente to place an excessive load on the CPU after performing a search..
- Fixed a problem with character attributes not always being applied when a Word 2008 document was scanned. The reported bahavior was a lack of italics in some cases.
- Added support for subject search results pages at Library of Congress.
- Improved support for EBSCOhost in targeted browsing.
- Improved data clean-up for Dublin Core imports.
- Improved CSL handling in many cases and replaced some bibliography formats using updated code.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Sente User Reviews (32 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Nov 7 2009 |
GOODWILL :) I fixed the problem by simply do a permission repair. So, I retract my comments above.
(Version 6.0.17) | |
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| Nov 5 2009 |
GOODWILL :) Another bug: when a local pdf file (downloaded by app other than Sente) is added to the library, it can only be read inside the Sente window but not by external app such as Acrobat. Nevertheless, pdf file download within the Sente can be opened either way.
(Version 6.0.17) | |
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| Oct 26 2009 |
GOODWILL :) Compared to Sente 5, I noticed a much higher CPU usage in Sente 6. Anybody else have similar experience?
(Version 6.0.12) | |
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| Nov 4 2009 |
ALEPHNULL There was a bug in early Sente 6 releases that caused excessive CPU load after a search was performed. This was fixed in 6.0.17.
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| Nov 4 2009 |
ALEPHNULL There was a bug in early Sente 6 releases that caused excessive CPU load after a search was performed. This was fixed in 6.0.17.
(Version 6.0.17) | |
 | Oct 1 2009 |
EMCHATEAU For me also the best i've tried (and i've tried almost all of them). Because of the mac interface, it's a really easy soft for mac users. But it is also very powerfull and truly manageable. I really enjoy the keywords system and the smarts collections. PDF meta data are easy to receive and it makes it really easy to add a new ref from the pdf on your computers. Compared to Zotero, it's really more powerfull and easy to use but it doesn't have the export of library on the web and share collection that zotero gives. Anyway the data are exportable in different formats so you can go from one system to anotherone witch makes your data really safe. I regret it doesn't support different language for the date citation as i'm french. But i hope they'll change this very soon. As i'm an historian, i also miss the circa citation in the date field. Even of that, i'm still using it, because it's so great !
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| Aug 6 2009 |
KEYBOARDPOUNDER THE best research application around. I have tried them all, and Sente is amazing. The interface: like a Mac, so easy. Tools: all the features you will ever need. Get it and compare, that's all I can say. My hat's off to Third Street Software, you've made a true fan out of me.
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| Aug 6 2009 |
KEYBOARDPOUNDER I have just now downloaded Sente 5.7.5 and I must say that I am soooo happy. I have tried them all, let me tell you, but NONE of them even come close to this amazing application. Seriously. The user interface is so intuitive for Mac users that you're up and running in no time at all, unlike many other programs that require the user to devote their lives to an entire course on the program, and that's just to do the basics! Sente is not like that all. The app just makes sense and is a pleasure to use. All the features a scholar, writer, educator ever needs is in this amazing program. Thank you so much Third Street Software for Sente! ...I am a lifer for your program.
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| Jul 12 2009 |
JUST A USER I like it, took some time ti figure out how to use it, but it has all the features I need and it works great.
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| Jul 12 2009 |
JUST A USER forgot to say that I also tested Zotero but is crashed all the time and I lost several hours of work. I did not actually compare Sente to Bookends, but I was an EndNote user and really hated that program, Sente is fun to use.
(Version 5.7.5) | |
| Apr 26 2009 |
ASDFASD Without any doubt EndNote is still the best reference manager ever! You can share entire libraries between PCs and Macs, and this is essential for someone that works with both platforms, or when you collaborate with people that uses different OS. The integration of EndNote with Microsoft Word is great and now it can also work with Apple Pages. EndNote its ugly and it has a really bad GUI when comparing to Papers or Sente, but it works a lot better than those two together when you need to write a paper or a thesis. So do not even bother in buying Sente, it is expensive and it lacks the most essential feature on a reference manager the integration to Word and Pages...
(Version 5.7.5) | |
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| Aug 6 2009 |
KEYBOARDPOUNDER Sente also has Word, Mellel, and Apple Pages integration.
(Version 5.7.5) | |
| Feb 14 2009 |
ALANTERRA I haven't explored all the features of Sente, but it seems to be head and shoulders above its competition. I spent the last few days looking at Sente, Papers, Zotero, and one programs that I didn't even bother to look at due to bad reviews (EndNote). For my needs, Sente is the best. I am trying to organize a couple of thousand pdfs (and a few other kinds of documents), and continue to research various areas from that base. Sente seems to have a strong emphasis on medical research (it uses PubMed as a default database to look for things, and I haven't figured out how to change that). But the tools of being able to look up bibliographic data automatically in Google Scholar, use keywords, and browse pdfs from within the program make the program exactly what I need. As of Feb 2009, the developers are giving some insight into the next version of the program, which looks to be a useful improvement. It will be a free upgrade to anyone who purchases the program after Jan 1, 2009.
(Version 5.7.3) | |
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| Feb 20 2009 |
RICKDUDE Pity you didn't check out Bookends alongside Sente. I'm always looking for comparisons of these two leading bibliographic programs. Looks like the most recent comparative review was a year ago, and a lot has happened since then.
(Version 5.7.3) | |
| Dec 18 2008 |
RACHAEL GARRETT If you are a student is affordable if you purchase a group license for 10 users and then split the costs!! Plus a lot of schools will reimburse you for half of the cost of the software.
(Version 5.7.1) | |
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| Jan 13 2009 |
ZEBA Maybe it's easy for you to find 10 students with Macs willing to participate in buying Sente, but at my place most of them use Windows/Linux. Not to mention that Universities support is pure Utopia. :)
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