refbase 0.8 review

refbase is a Web-based multi-user interface for managing scientific literature and bibliographic references

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Matthias Steffens

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refbase is a Web-based multi-user interface for managing scientific literature and bibliographic references. It offers powerful search engine and automatically generated citation lists.

Here are some key features of "refbase":
search the database using different search forms
search within results
browse found records and view selected records in detail
display rich text (i.e. italics, super/sub-script, greek letters)
extract literature cited within a text
track queries using RSS
a print-friendly view
display the selected records in different citation formats
user specific fields which are stored individually for each user
display or search within only the user's own literature
export selected records to MODS XML and (via the GPLed bibutils programs) to BibTex, EndNote, and RIS
automatic email announcements for newly added records
save and recall search queries
adding records to user-specific groups
add/edit/delete records as well as file upload & download links
import of full records from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
user management interface provided to the database admin
set access permissions on a per-user basis
People with access to a shell on the refbase server can use the tools in the contrib/endnote directory to batch transfer many records from Endnote into refbase.

Requirements:
a web server (like the Apache HTTP Server )
PHP (version 4.1.0 or greater)
MySQL (version 4.1.x or greater required for Unicode support)
for Endnote/RIS/Bibtex export:
bibutils

What's New in This Release:
code/php/advanced_search.php:
user-specific fields are only added to the sort drop downs if a user is logged in