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Mendeley
Mendeley is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, [ 2 ] discovering research data and collaborating online. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and reference management application (available for Windows, Mac and Linux) with Mendeley Web, an online social network for researchers. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Mendeley requires the user to store all basic citation data on its servers - storing copies of documents is at the user's discretion. Upon registration, Mendeley provides the user with 1 GB of free web storage space, which is upgradeable at a cost. [ edit ] History
KBibTeX is a reference management software primarily for BibTeX which is typically used in conjunction with TeX / LaTeX . Beyond normal editing capabilities, KBibTeX offers features such as searching and importing new references from Google Scholar or BibSonomy . KBibTeX is written using the KDE framework, but is not part of the official KDE Software Compilation or KOffice .
KBibTeX
ApexKB (formerly Jumper 2.0), is an open source web application script for collaborative search and knowledge management powered by a shared enterprise bookmarking engine that is a fork of KnowledgebasePublisher [ 1 ] .
Jumper 2.0
JabRef is a reference management software that uses BibTeX as its native format. JabRef provides an easy-to-use interface for editing BibTeX files, for importing data from online scientific databases, and for managing and searching BibTeX files. JabRef is released under the terms of the GPL license. The application is programmed in Java , and is maintained for Windows , Linux and Mac OS X . [ edit ] Features
JabRef
EndNote is a commercial reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It is produced by Thomson Reuters . [ edit ] Features EndNote groups citations into "libraries" with the file extension *.enl and a corresponding *.data folder. There are several ways to add a reference to a library: manually, exporting, importing, connecting from EndNote. The program presents the user with a window containing a drop-down menu to select the type of reference they require (book, newspaper article, film, congressional legislation, etc.), and fields ranging from the general (author, title, year) to those specific to the kind of reference ( ISBN , abstract, reporter's name, running time, etc.)
EndNote
Citavi is a reference management program for Microsoft Windows published by Swiss Academic Software in Wädenswil , Switzerland . Citavi is widespread in Germany, [ 1 ] with site licenses at most German universities, [ 2 ] many of which offer training sessions and settings files for Citavi. [ 1 ] [ edit ] Versions Citavi is descended from a reference management program called LiteRat , developed at the Heinrich Heine University in 1995, [ 3 ] and considered version 1.0. The first version to bear the Citavi name was released as Citavi 2. [ 4 ] Version 3 was released in November 2010, the first version with a user interface in English [ 5 ] (prior versions were in German only).
Citavi
Bebop (BibTeX Publisher) is a web-based BibTeX front-end that creates a web interface to a list of publications stored in a BibTeX file and allows browsing by author, year, document type, topic and keywords using PHP , Javascript and XML technologies. It can be mainly used by individuals and institutes for self-archiving and creating institutional repositories . It is suited for single source publishing of bibliography information as it uses one single BibTeX file as its database. Therefore no database server (e.g. MySQL) is needed. The BibTeX entries for publications can be annotated with more information by using research area , keywords , abstract , filelink , presentation and poster keys. research area key allows categorization whereas keywords allows tagging of bibliographic entries.
Bebop (software)
Zotero ( pron.: / z oʊ ˈ t ɛr oʊ / ) is free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials (such as PDF files). Notable features include web browser integration, online syncing, generation of in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies, as well as integration with the word processors Microsoft Word , LibreOffice , OpenOffice.org Writer and NeoOffice . It is produced by the Center for History and New Media of George Mason University (GMU). [ edit ] History [ edit ] Zotero 1.0 The first release of Zotero, 1.0.0b2.r1, was made available in October 2006 as an add-on for the Firefox web browser.
Zotero
WizFolio
WizFolio is a web based reference management software for researchers to manage, share their research and academic papers and generate citations in scholarly writings. It uses plug-ins (HTML parsing technology) to collect bibliographic information, videos and patents [ 1 ] [ 2 ] from webpages. [ edit ] History Developed by WizPatent Pte Ltd, its alpha version was launched on 12 May 2008, and the beta on 22 June 2008.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based commercial reference management software package. It is produced by RefWorks-COS, a business unit of ProQuest LLC . RefWorks was founded in 2001 and was marketed by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts from 2002 until being acquired by ProQuest in 2008. [ 1 ] [ edit ] Functionality and features
Papers is reference management software for Mac OS X and Windows , [ 1 ] used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles.
Papers (software)
Qiqqa
Qiqqa (pronounced "Quicker") is freeware and freemium reference management software [ 1 ] [ 2 ] that allows researchers to work with thousands of PDFs. [ 3 ] It combines PDF reference management tools, a citation manager and a mind map brainstorming tool. It integrates with Microsoft Word XP, 2003, 2007 and 2010 and BibTeX / LaTeX to automatically produce citations and bibliographies in thousands of styles . Researchers and research groups can store, synchronize and collaborate on their PDF documents, annotations, tags and comments using the internet cloud-based Qiqqa Web Libraries. [ edit ] History The development of Qiqqa, based in Cambridge, UK, began in December 2009 and was first released as a public alpha in April 2010. The first version offered PDF management and brainstorming capabilities.The following tables compare reference management software . [ edit ] General In the "notes" section, there is a difference between: