Citation Bibliographic and Research Note Software: Company information & contact

In 2004, Citation and Oberon became part of The Write Direction.

The Write Direction is a consortium of publishing and educational experts specializing in research software. The new group allows us to offer more choices to academic computer users.

Oberon, the core group at The Write Direction, has been commited to designing and offering superior bibliographic software since its formation in 1987, tailoring software and web resources to the needs and preferences of academic researchers and writers.

Oberon's first product, nbCitation, was developed as a collaborative effort with ProTem Software, publishers of Notebook II.

In 1994 Protem was dissolved, and Oberon integrated the Notebook and Citation programs, publishing a windows version of Citation that installed on the Tools menu of Word and WordPerfect. Over the years, upgrades to Citation have added features and web services based on customer responses and needs. In the larger academic community, Citation is well known for combining innovation with careful research and common sense in software design. For more than ten years, Citation has pioneered new ways of helping research writers in their work.

In 1998 the expertise developed from years of working with research methods and sources was enlisted in the task of developing a legal version of the product. In early 1999, LegalCitation was made available. This Legal Edition offers special data entry forms and automatic citation features based on the rules for legal citations outlined in A Uniform System of Citation (commonly referred to as the Bluebook). In early 2001 the 2d edition of LegalCitation incorporated the new set of guidelines for citing US legal sources published in the ALWD Citation Manual, as well as the Australian Guide to Legal Citation and the McGill Guide to citing Canadian legal authorities.

In 2002, Oberon formed an alliance with askSam Systems, bringing the superior research capacities of askSam and SurfSaver into the mix.

In 2004, Oberon reformed to create The Write Direction, expanding the focus of the company to include a wider range of services and products to help research writers, including the Dr Paper Templates, the Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf of pdf ebooks, as well as products from technology partners Nota Bene, SeaChange/BookWhere, askSam, and SurfSaver.