Comments on: Bibliographic reference management on the web?

Question: Bibliographic reference management on the web?

dmd — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:55:52 -0800

Is there some "Web 2.0" (by which I mean "well designed", not "shiny and in large type for no good reason) style site or package out there for managing bibliographic references online?

By: jimmy0x52

jimmy0x52 — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:59:06 -0800

Could del.icio.us be used in this way?

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:10:03 -0800

What do you mean by "managing bibliographic references online"?

You should check out Diigo which allows you to annotate and markup and save webpages.

By: booksandlibretti

booksandlibretti — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:14:55 -0800

Do you mean something like EasyBib?

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:16:44 -0800

CiteULike?

By: NYCinephile

NYCinephile — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:34:45 -0800

Lifehacker's posting re: EasyBib also includes readers' other suggestions.

By: willmillar

willmillar — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:46:12 -0800

when i did my research paper, i started with del.icio.us to just bookmark anything and everything i could which related to my topic. i then sorted through them and used easybib for the final bibliography.

i tried citeulike but found it extremely confusing.

By: muddgirl

muddgirl — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:49:07 -0800

Do you mean something like Refworks? I've used it, I've generally liked it - if your institution is subscribed to reference databases, it can often find links to references, and you can link to .pdfs of documents on the web or on your desktop. The interface was a bit clunky and sometimes non-intuitive, but it may have improved since I used it ~1.5 years ago.

By: lunchbox

lunchbox — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:55:39 -0800

Connotea is very nice. I've also used CiteULike and like it quite a bit. There are also some useful Greasemonkey scripts for both.

By: yamel

yamel — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:17:31 -0800

Though I usually use RefWorks, you may not have access through your institution. I've really enjoyed RedLightGreen for a couple of semesters now. Similar service with free access and a variety of bib. formats available for export.

By: dmd

dmd — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:36:40 -0800

Oh, nice. I knew there had to be stuff out there, I just didn't know where to look.

By: adamvasco

adamvasco — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:51:08 -0800

I like biblioexpress
It's free and easy too use.

By: dmd

dmd — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:59:19 -0800

Oh, wow. Connotea is wonderful - you can just enter an article's DOI and it fills in the rest for you!

By: dmd

dmd — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:05:19 -0800

Ugh. Let me amend that. Connotea would be wonderful if it worked. Unfortunately, 3 out of 4 page loads are either "Connotea is currently experiencing high load" or just a blank page.

By: chrisWhite

chrisWhite — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:18:33 -0800

I've been extremely pleased with Google Notebook for this type of thing, I just found it recently and it's great.

It would be really cool if OneNote had a web module, I like using it for things I need only when on my desktop.

By: dmd

dmd — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:08:33 -0800

How in the world would you use Google Notebook for this?!

I guess some people answering have no idea what bibliographic references are.

By: chrisWhite

chrisWhite — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:22:41 -0800

I just select whatever I want to copy from a page and use the Google Notebook Firefox Extension to 'Add Note.' This automatically drops in the selection and the link. If I need any other information I just drop it in at the bottom of the note.

It's not going to generate a MLA works cited page, but it allows me to quickly capture things as I'm surfing the web.

By: chefscotticus

chefscotticus — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:26:51 -0800

i used EasyBib quite a bit this past semester for college and found it extremely simple, intuitive, and helpful.

By: billtron

billtron — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:06:21 -0800

zotero.org?

By: dmd

dmd — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:01:41 -0800

I ended up using CiteULike. It's a freakin' godsend, especially for preparing for quals.

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