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Description

Docear presents a distinctive approach to managing academic literature, assisting users in organizing, generating, and uncovering scholarly works. It features a streamlined user interface designed for optimal literature organization, enabling users to categorize not only their documents but also their annotations—such as comments, bookmarks, and highlighted sections from PDFs. Additionally, it allows for the arrangement of annotations within PDFs and offers the capability to view multiple notes from various documents across different categories simultaneously. The platform embodies a ‘literature suite concept’ by integrating a variety of essential tools, including PDF management, reference management, and mind mapping, into one cohesive application. This integration facilitates the drafting of papers, assignments, and theses directly within Docear, simplifying the process of incorporating annotations and references from your collection into your written work. Furthermore, Docear includes a recommender system that aids in the exploration of new literature, enhancing the research experience significantly. Ultimately, Docear not only streamlines the management of academic resources but also enriches the overall research process.

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

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version 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 

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

Docear

Country

Germany

Website

docear.org

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 

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