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Software for Managing Your Bibliography?

Posted by Cliff on from the publication-tools dept.

Oliver Kayas asks: "I'm a newcomer to Linux specifically the Ubuntu distribution. I have been searching for software that will allow me to manage bibliographies for my thesis. I've come across Kile/Latex however, this only works on KDE and I am using Gnome. Under Windows I was using Endnote 8 which even allowed me to link references to documents on my hard disk so I could easily search for papers I just wanted to read. I know I could use an emulator such as Wine to use Endnote but that defeats the object of switching to Linux. I was wondering if you know of any alternatives?"

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  1. Re:Mac OS by zhiwenchong · · Score: 5, Informative

    I second that. I use Bibdesk and it is quite good -- very Mac like and much better than managing .bib files by hand. Furthermore it handles the .RIS (Endnote) and .BIB files that most electronic journal sites generate. I don't even type citations by hand these days - I just search for them on EngineeringVillage2 or Elsevier and drag the .RIS file into Bibdesk. Then I just drag the item into TeXshop and the citation is there.

    As for porting it.... well, could be tough considering it uses the Cocoa framework.

    However, since the poster is asking for a Linux solution, I can only think of web-based bib managers:

    Cite-U-Like - a del.icio.us for journals, can export to Bibdesk.
    Refworks - if your campus has a subscription to Refworks, it's one of the best web-based bibliography managers around. It like the Bloglines of academic journals... well kind of...

    Pybliographer looks promising too...