Managing Online References: Application of Open Source Reference Management Software in Integrated Environment
1. Managing Online References: Application of
Open Source Reference Management
Software in Integrated Environment
Barnali Roy Choudhury & Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay
Department of Library and Information Science,
The University of Burdwan
Burdwan – 713 104
2. “No finite point has meaning without an infinite
reference point.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
3. What Is Reference management
S/W?
“Reference management software, citation management software
or personal bibliographic management software is software for
scholars and authors to use for recording and utilising
bibliographic citations (references).”
http://en.wikipedia.org
4. Objectives
•To identify and select the most comprehensive open source Reference
Management Software against a pre-defined set of criteria
•To organise/store the metadata of collected online articles/journals
through the use of Reference Management Software;
•To create a bibliographic database in a local system with global
accessibility i.e synchronization of local reference databases with
global server;
•To integrate reference databases available inside Reference
Management Software with word processing software;
•To integrate reference databases available inside Reference Management
Software with Library Automation Software; and
•To explore the process of sharing and collaboration of bibliographic data.
5. METHODS
Step 1: Selection of Software
1.1 Selection Parameters Setting
RMS
Selection parameters
Operating system Support
Export File
formats
Import File Citation
formats
Style
1.2 Selection of Reference Management
•Bibus (http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net/)
•Connotea (http://connotea.org/)
•JabRef (sourceforge.net/projects/jabref/)
•Zotero (http://zotero.org)
Word
Database
processor connectivit
and Ils
y
Integration
6. RMS against Criteria
RMS
Selection parameters
Operating
system
Support
Export File
formats
Import File
formats
Citation Style
Word processor Database
and Ils
connectivity
Integration
Bibus
Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, Unix, BSD
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, Medline,
RIS, SQ Lite
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, ISI
Medline, RIS,
APA
MicroSoft word, Open
Office
Connotea
Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, Unix, BSD
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, Medline,
RIS, SQ Lite
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, ISI
Medline, RIS,
APA
MicroSoft word, Open ArXiv,CiteSeer,
Office
Pubmed
JabRef
Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, Unix, BSD
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, Medline,
RIS, SQ Lite
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, ISI
Medline, RIS,
APA
MicroSoft word, Open PubMedArXiv,CiteSeer
Office
, IEEE Explore, Pubmed
Zotero
Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, Unix, BSD
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, Medline,
RIS, SQ Lite
BibTeX, Endnote,
BibIX, Refer, ISI
Medline, RIS,
APA
MicroSoft word, Open PubMedArXiv,CiteSeer
Office
, IEEE Explore, Pubmed
PubMed