[Following and using the scientific literature on a home computer with the REPRINT program system]

REPRINT, running on the Commodore 64 home computer, and originally meant to manage a file containing several thousand reprints, has capabilities exceeding this simple task considerably. Bibliographic data can be entered into REPRINT through a word processor or a special input program which automatically corrects usage of capital letters. Code numbers referring to the contents of a reprint can be added to the bibliographic data. Thus, scientific information not contained in the title can also be stored. Searches can be done on code numbers or on any term in the title, authors or source. REPRINT is able to read the text of an article from a disk and automatically construct the list of references to it in the format used by the periodical which the author wants to publish it. While there is no need for any computer knowledge for its application, the speed of REPRINT seems to be satisfactory: search by a code number on 600 reprints takes 48 seconds. Five years of using REPRINT have proven its capabilities to efficiently support usage of a growing personal reprint file in different phases of the process of publication.