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

“No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

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

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.

METHODS

Step 1: Selection of Software

1.1 Selection Parameters Setting

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)

RMS Selection parametersOperating system Support Export File

formatsImport File formats

Citation Style

Word processor and Ils Integration

Database connectivity

RMS against Criteria

RMS Selection parameters

Operating system Support

Export File formats

Import File formats

Citation Style Word processor and Ils Integration

Database connectivity

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

PubMed

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 Office

ArXiv,CiteSeer, 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 Office

PubMedArXiv,CiteSeer, 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 Office

PubMedArXiv,CiteSeer, IEEE Explore, Pubmed

Step 2.

Installation of ZOTERO Software

Installation 1

Installation 2

Installation 3

Installation 4

Installation 5

Installation 6

2. Configuration of ZOTERO

HomePage of ZOTERO

Building Database 1

Building Database 2

Building Database 3

Building Database 4

Synchronisation

Sync

My Library

Integration with openoffice.org

Integration with MSWORD 2007

Integration with the library OPAC

Integration with the library OPAC

BibTex and RIS

Support koha

Searching Facility of ZOTERO

“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”

Alfred A. Montapert