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Description
Bookends is a comprehensive, budget-friendly bibliography, reference, and information management system designed for both students and professionals, operating on 64-bit architecture. It supports macOS 10.13 and later versions, including Catalina (10.15). With its Unicode compatibility, Bookends allows for the integration of both Roman and non-Roman characters, such as English, French, Japanese, and Hebrew. The interface is highly customizable and interactive, enabling users to manipulate reference information according to their preferences. On the left side, you can view Groups or Term Lists (like Authors and Keywords), while the concise reference display on the right allows you to arrange fields in any sequence, highlight only the most relevant ones, and personalize their labels. Editing or inputting data is just a click away, and you can also showcase attachments like PDFs, text files, and images, or link to live web pages via URLs. Additionally, the notecard feature facilitates entering, editing, and reorganizing your ideas, making it remarkably easy to cite sources in footnotes. This flexibility and user-friendly design make Bookends an invaluable tool for managing bibliographic data effectively.
Description
refbase is a web-based reference database designed for managing scientific literature and citations through a platform-independent, multi-user interface. The software helps researchers and organizations store, search, import, export, and format bibliographic references. refbase supports many common reference formats, including BibTeX, EndNote, RIS, PubMed, ISI Web of Science, CSA Illumina, RefWorks, MODS XML, OpenOffice, and MS Word. Users can generate formatted citation lists in HTML, RTF, PDF, or LaTeX for use in research, writing, and documentation workflows. The platform includes powerful search capabilities that make it easier to find references across a shared database. RSS support allows users to follow updates and changes in reference collections. refbase also includes OpenSearch and SRU/W web services for structured access by external clients. Support for unAPI and COinS metadata helps search engines and citation tools discover and use reference data more easily. By combining reference management, citation formatting, search, metadata support, web services, and multi-user access, refbase helps teams manage scientific literature from a browser-based system.
API Access
Has API
No
API Access
Has API
No
Integrations
Apache OpenOffice
No
EndNote
No
Microsoft Word
No
RefWorks
No
Integrations
Apache OpenOffice
Yes
EndNote
Yes
Microsoft Word
Yes
RefWorks
Yes
Pricing Details
$39.99 one-time payment
Free Trial
Yes
Free Version
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
No
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
Yes
iPad App
Yes
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
Yes
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
No
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
No
Vendor Details
Company Name
Sonny Software
Website
www.sonnysoftware.com/bookends/bookends.html
Vendor Details
Company Name
refbase
Website
www.refbase.net/index.php/Web_Reference_Database
Product Features
Reference Management
Annotations / Notes
No
Bibliography Generation
No
Citation Generation
No
Document / Reference Import
No
Essay Checker
No
Personal Source Library
No
Plagiarism Check
No
Resource Database
No
Synchronization
No
Product Features
Reference Management
Annotations / Notes
No
Bibliography Generation
No
Citation Generation
No
Document / Reference Import
No
Essay Checker
No
Personal Source Library
No
Plagiarism Check
No
Resource Database
No
Synchronization
No