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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 

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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 

Alternatives

Alternatives

Referencer Reviews

Referencer

Launchpad
RefWorks Reviews

RefWorks

ProQuest