Bookends helps writers, researchers, academics, or students collect, organize, and access references in an organized and easy-to-use way. While the free version allows you to store only up to 50 references in a library, the paid version removes that cap, but comes at the hefty price tag of $59.99.
Bookends version 13.1.5 The reference manager you’ve been looking for Here is a list of what’s new in this version of Bookends. Announcing Floating Citations Activate the Bookends floating citations window by double tapping a trigger key while working in your word processor.
Pros Sheer power: Bookends impresses with its ability to store, search through, and organize references. For academics or students constantly researching and writing papers that require extensive citations, this app has the potential to be an effective time-saving tool. Online search: Easily accessible with a few clicks through the menu bar, the online search works flawlessly. A variety of sources, including Amazon, the Library of Congress, Google Scholar, and a host of universities can be selected through a drop-down menu. From there, you can search for any title and immediately pull up the reference information and add it to one of your custom libraries. Cons Unintuitive interface: At first glance, the interface looks plain, with no indication of how the app is to be used.
You have to go through a few tutorials to understand most of its functions. On the upside, there are several good video tutorials available on the company's website. Pro feel: The app feels like many other professional apps, with lots of menu items and little explanation. This is fine for the professional user, but as the app is partly marketed toward students who are likely first-time users of this type of software, a more accessible design would have been more inspired. Bottom Line Although expensive, Bookends turns out to be a powerful program, an effective option for the academic or writer who is in need of a resource management software.
If you're a student, you may find it inaccessible and expensive. Even so, you can still try the free version. However, if the 50 references cap annoys you, you should look for more easy-to-use and cost-effective alternatives. Bookends is a full featured and cost-effective bibliography/reference and information management system for students and professionals. With Bookends you can easily import references (information about journal articles, books) from EndNote, and directly search and import from PubMed, the Web of Science, Google Scholar, JSTOR, Amazon, the Library of Congress, and hundreds of other online sources.
Use a built-in browser to download references with pdfs or and/or web pages with a click. Automatic searches of PubMed let you discover articles as soon as they are published. Powerful group-based searches, with static, smart, and virtual groups. Live Search lets you further refine searches as you type. Annotate your database with reference cross-linking with defined relationships and comments. Attach any file (such as a pdf) to a reference and view or open it instantly.
There are options to automatically download, rename and organize pdf files on-the-fly from the Internet (requires access permission) or from your hard drive. Scan your word processor files and automatically generate finished manuscripts with properly formatted bibliographies.
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Access the power of Bookends directly from MS Word (including Word 2008), Mellel, and Nisus Writer Pro. Scan Pages '08 and '09 files and OpenOffice 3 files, or RTF files saved from any word processor. Share your references over the Internet with anyone, on any platform (you, but not people who access your databases, must have a broadband connection).
I Need to: Use: Why: Work from multiple computers or locations Zotero Mendeley EndNote Web Zotero saves your citation library to your local computer, but syncs with multiple computers so you can work from home, work, or school. Mendeley is a program that lives on your local computer, but syncs with a web account. EndNote Web is web based. Your citation library is accessible from any computer that is connected to the web.
Work without an Internet connection Zotero Mendeley EndNote Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote can store your citation libraries locally on your computer. Archive web pages and import citations from sites such as Amazon, Flickr, and ArtSTOR Zotero Zotero allows you to easily save snapshots of web pages and annotate them within your citation library. It is a great tool for saving citation information from some web-based publications and commercial and social networking sites. Work on a group project or share my citations with others Zotero Mendeley EndNote Web Zotero allows you to share your citations through shared folders - you can give individuals or groups permissions to add and edit the citations in the shared folder. Mendeley allows you to share citations and documents with a group of up to 10 other users, or create a public reading list that is open to all. EndNote Web allows you to share groups with anyone who is registered with the service. You can allow others to view or edit your citations.
Adapted with permission from “,” copyright © 2011 The Pennsylvania State University. Citation Manager Comparison Table Zotero Mendeley EndNote EndNote Web Access Zotero software with browser add-on (Firefox and Chrome). Desktop software, but can sync with an online account which is editable Desktop software with an online version (EndNote Web) Web-based Where is my database stored? Local computer with optional web based syncing between computers Local computer with web based syncing between computers Local Computer with cloud storage and syncing via EndNote Web Web-based How does it work? Detect citations that can be captured from databases or web pages. Search and import records using PMID, DOI, or ISBN. Extract citation information from PDFs.
Import from many popular databases. Extract citation information from PDFs. Export from databases into EndNote. Can search catalogs from within EndNote. Browser bookmarklet can import from many databases. Can also import using text files Ability to work offline Yes Yes Yes No Cost Free to anyone Free. UChicago faculty, students, and staff can register through Web of Science fro more features Departments can.
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Free to UChicago faculty, students, and staff Word-processor compatibility MS Word, Google Docs, Open Office MS Word, Open Office, LaTex Microsoft Word, OpenOffice (EndNote X3+), Pages (X4+) MS Word Import from Library databases Yes Yes Direct export from specific databases Yes Import from Library Catalog Yes Yes Yes Yes Find It!