RefWorks and other bibliography ramblings

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Posted on 16th June 2007 by Chris in Grad School

I really wish I could afford RefWorks. I called them yesterday, basic subscription is $100 plus add-on modules. I still like NoodleTools, and wish BibMe had a few more features. I gave up on Zotero, but maybe it’s time to give it another try. I just like that RefWorks has partners that allow direct exporting.

I am spending way too much time inputting my bibliographies for these long papers, there has to be a better way. BibMe’s search is nice except it hasn’t found a single journal article of mine yet. That doesn’t shock me, since I am using my university’s proxy login to get access to these journals.

Ahh well, back to the grind.

4 Comments
  1. Nora says:

    Ask your library – most institutions have a campus license for RefWorks. In that way it is free for you to use! My university has a license for RefWorks and I love the direct export functions.

    16th June 2007 at 4:51 am

  2. Chris says:

    I asked both the local library and the university library and no luck there. Thanks for the suggestion!

    Chris

    16th June 2007 at 5:13 am

  3. Jonathan says:

    Chris — I will start with full disclosure — I am CEO of a little company trying to make tools for bibliography management — we have some direct export capabilities (that depend mostly on the database you use) — the site is at Carmun — I hope it helps — and even if it doesn’t we are very committed to making it better and would to hear your thoughts.

    Thanks,
    Jonathan

    16th June 2007 at 9:24 am

  4. Sean says:

    Zotero supports direct export/import from hundreds of sites. Which sites supported by RefWorks are you using that Zotero does not yet recognize?

    16th June 2007 at 2:33 pm

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