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Description
LumaCite serves as an online citation toolkit and reference manager accessible through web browsers, designed for a diverse audience that includes researchers, academic writers, students, librarians, editors, and research teams. Its cloud-based library enables users to manually input sources or import them from online searches, identifiers, PDFs, and web pages; they can also organize their records using folders, labels, and starred items while searching by title, author, year, or identifier. Users have the capability to edit bibliographic information, detect duplicates, or identify missing metadata, along with exporting selected references as needed. Additionally, specialized web tools facilitate the generation of citations and bibliographies, extraction of references from PDFs and text documents, verification and completion of citation metadata, reformatting of citation styles, and file conversions among formats like BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, and CSL JSON. A Chrome extension is available to streamline the process of capturing references from research websites, while a Google Docs integration allows for easy insertion of citations and automatic bibliography creation during the writing process. Public citation tools can be accessed without the necessity of a library account, although access to the cloud library requires beta approval. This inclusive approach ensures that a wide range of users can benefit from the tools LumaCite offers.
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
Google Docs
Yes
Microsoft Word
No
RefWorks
No
Integrations
Apache OpenOffice
Yes
EndNote
Yes
Google Docs
No
Microsoft Word
Yes
RefWorks
Yes
Pricing Details
Public citation tools are available without a library account. Cloud library access requires approval-based beta access.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
Yes
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
Yes
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
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
No
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
No
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
LumaCite
Country
Canada
Website
www.lumacite.app/
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
No Alternatives