refbase
refbase is a web-based solution institutional repository and
reference management software for managing scientific
literature, references and citations. It can import
and export references in various formats (including BibTeX, Endnote,
MODS XML, and OpenOffice).
It can make formatted lists of citations and offers powerful searching,
rich metadata, and RSS.
The application can import and export a variety of standard
bibliographic
formats, including BibTeX, Endnote, RIS, ISI, MODS XML, PubMed,
Medline, RefWorks, and Copac. It can generate formatted bibliographies
and citations in LaTeX, RTF, HTML, and PDF. refbase also has advanced
search features and can generate RSS feeds from searches. Links using
DOIs and URLs can be added, as can links to files. refbase supports the
Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) and OpenSearch web services as well as
COinS and unAPI metadata.
refbase is licensed under the GPL and written in PHP and uses
a MySQL backend.
Features include:
- Clean and standardized interface that attempts to be as
web standards compliant as possible
- Multitude of search options, including quick, simple,
advanced as well as powerful SQL search options
- Various display options:
- list view: offers customizable and sortable columns
- details view: shows all fields of a particular record
- cite view: displays record entries in a citation style
chosen by the user
- print view: eases printing or copying of records
- Search within results functionality which provides an easy
way of refining your search query
- User-specific fields for personal keywords, notes, etc
- Save any search query together with the current display
settings
- Automatic email announcements for newly added records
- Dynamic RSS feeds for recently added/edited records as
well as for any custom user query
- Export records to MODS XML, Endnote, RIS or BibTeX (via
bibutils)
- Link records to other records in the database (using
static or dynamic links)
- Extract literature cited within a text and build an
appropriate reference list
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