[Air-l] Open source bibliography database

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Julian Hopkins wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Can anyone recommend a good open-source/free bibliography database
> programme?
> 
> It doesn't have to be integrated into Word and all that jazz, just be able
> to print out bibliographies in a variety of styles, and store all the
> material in a sensibly accessible database.
> 
> Ideally it would also have the capability of doing online sources too.
> 
> I have never used open source, so I would want something relatively easy to
> install.

refdb (http://refdb.sourceforge.net/) doesn't really qualify as 
"relatively easy to install", and it doesn't have a user-friendly 
front-end, but the maintainer of the package is incredibly responsive 
and helpful, so I would still recommend you have a look at it.  I have 
been using it in conjunction with BibDesk 
(http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/) as the user-friendly front-end, and 
LyX (http://www.lyx.org/) for editing my document.  The results, I 
think, look very nice indeed: download the PDF file (and compare the 
other versions: all generated automatically) from 
http://www.malcolm.id.au/thesis to see what I mean.

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Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
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