Database available via www (Internet-Intranet)
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Bibus | EndNote Web (web based) | EndNote (desktop) | RefWorks (web based) | Reference Manager (desktop with Web Publisher) | Procite (desktop) |
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Bibus: no |
EndNoteWeb v. 2.8 entirely web based product. ID Login/password can be shared for group project.
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EndNote X3: not available, see EndNoteWeb: If you register to ResearchId you also have the possibility to publish a bibliographic reference list (via upload etc.); other users have to know your specific address and can only browse and sort the list (no search, navigation, export, print) |
RefWorks
last updated October 2007 entirely web based product. Login/password can be shared for group project: one database fully available to several users.Also, make data public via RefShare: shared folders of records or entire db. This includes options for export, print, format bibliographies, post comments, see attachments, receive e-mail, RSS etc. etc. It does not include editing, import. |
Reference Manager
it has got its own web server embedded (Apache) |
ProCite v. 5: not available |
1 - Generic
1. Web based; Remote vs local system (remote means your data is duplicated -converted or not- hosted elsewhere -usually on producers' servers- and the software as well) 2. Publishes database for searching, saving/exporting 3. Makes database available also for editing records |
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Bibus : n.a. | EW: 1 only web based; 2 only available to other subscribed EndNote users; 3: yes: full editing from account when login/password shared for group project |
En: n.a. |
RW: 1 only web based;
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RM: 1 local: it's the web publication of your desktop databases; 2, 3 |
Pr: n.a. |
2 - Access
1. Can set users' rights 2. Allows users' identity and password 3. Can set IP port (e.g. 80) |
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Bibus : n.a. | EW: 1: only applicable to shared Groups R or R/W; 2 yes + one Administrator per site (Administrator can upload: modified styles, connections, import filters) |
En: n.a. |
RW: 1 yes, to data published through RefShare; 2 (also an Administrator tool) | RM: first, the database must be open in read/write share access, then, for all databases: 1: read-only or read/write, 2 only one; 3 yes |
Pr: n.a. |
3 - Interface
1. Can customize look & feel |
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Bibus : n.a. | EW: no |
En: n.a. |
RW: yes | RM: 1 (logo, about, text, home address; citation style).
Also un/select certain fields for display: abstract, notes, custom, links to PDF, URL, full-text ...) |
Pr: n.a. |
4 - Input/Edit records
1. Create 2. Delete 3. Duplicate 4. Modify 5. Use term lists |
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Bibus : n.a. | EW: 1; 2; 4; |
En: n.a. |
RW: 1 2 3 4 5 | RM: 1 2 3 4 |
Pr: n.a. |
5 - Import | |||||
Bibus: n.a. | EW: yes (from online queried sources or from static file; filters are canned) |
En: n.a. |
RW: yes, any type of data that it can import (see Import) | RM: n.a. |
Pr: n.a. |
6 - Searching
1. Simple 2. Advanced (more fields, boolean operators) 3. Hypertextual navigation 4. Term lists browsing 5. Across more databases 6. Marking records |
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Bibus: n.a. | EW: 1 full-text, simple or complex with several operators: + - * (...) "..."
2: more fields only when searching remote databases (mostly via Z39.50 protocol) 3: only names; 6: to put them in groups/folders |
En: n.a. |
RW: 1, 2, 3, 4 6 RefShare: search is bound to full-text word searching |
RM: 1 2 3 5 (max 15) 6 |
Pr: n.a. |
7 - Output
1. More views/styles 2. Other data that can send |
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Bibus: n.a. | EW: brief general view + 1 full record display which is also an input form + preview of formatted bibliographies |
En: n.a. |
RW: yes (standard, one line, full view, formatted in up to 3 different styles, lookup lists) | RM: three views;
one short view -or with partial abstract; one full; can set fields and select one citation style only via admin mode |
Pr: n.a. |
8 - Sort | |||||
Bibus: n.a. | EW: can sort brief catalogue view by Author or Year or Title A/D; bibliography lists are sorted according to the selected citation style (diacritics make difference: wrong) |
En: n.a. |
RW: yes (choice among 10 criteria) | RM: yes (choice among 3 fields, not nested) |
Pr: n.a. |
9 - Export/Save | |||||
Bibus: n.a. | EW: can use 6 different formats, can save html, txt , print or send via e-mail |
En: n.a. |
RW: yes, see Export (tabbed, various tagged formats, XML) | RM: yes; Export: RIS, proprietary XML; Save: chosen output style in .html; can also directly print |
Pr: n.a. |
10 - Manuscript formatting
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Bibus: n.a. | EW: yes: can scan and format RTF files; can use CWYW plug-in within MS-Word |
En: n.a. |
RW: yes | RM: no |
Pr: n.a. |
11 - Other
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Bibus: n.a. | EW: can exchange data with EndNote desktop; it is most usually offered for free to institutions having subscribed ISI Web of Knowledge® database |
En: n.a. |
RW: see also Network version;
Can send and receive RSS feeds; use RefGrab-It to capture web pages and transform them into database records |
RM: offers unlimited number of concurrent users; does not have extra cost |
Pr: n.a. |
Bibus | EndNote Web (web based) | EndNote (desktop) | RefWorks (web based) | Reference Manager (desktop with Web Publisher) | Procite (desktop) |