Refbase

Infobox_Software
name = refbase



caption = refbase index page
developer = refbase development team
latest_release_version = 0.9.0
latest_release_date = October 23, 2006
operating_system = Cross-platform
genre = Reference management software
license = GPL
website = [http://refbase.sourceforge.net/ refbase]

refbase is web-based institutional repository and reference management software which is often used for self-archiving. refbase is licensed under the GPL and written in PHP and uses a MySQL backend.

It can import and export a variety of standard bibliographic formats, including BibTeX, Endnote, RIS, ISI, MODS XML, PubMed, Medline, RefWorks, and Copac. It can generate formatted bibliographies and citations in LaTeX, RTF, HTML, and PDF. refbase also has advanced search features and can generate RSS feeds from searches. Links using DOIs and URLs can be added, as can links to files. refbase supports the Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) web service as well as COinS and unAPI metadata.

refbase packages have been put in the official Gentoo Linux and Mandriva Linux repositories and has been used by the United States Geological Survey.

ee also

Comparison of reference management software

External links

* [http://refbase.sourceforge.net/ Official refbase website]
* [http://wiki.refbase.net/ refbase wiki]
** [http://wiki.refbase.net/index.php/Refbase_users refbase users] (including databases which have 10,000 records for atom probe, cephalopods, conservation science, marine and polar science)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/refbase SourceForge project page]