Wikindx

Wikindx is a free bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system (Virtual Research Environment) designed either for single use (on a variety of operating systems) or multi-user collaborative use across the internet.^[1] Wikindx falls within the category of reference management software, but also provides functionality to write notes and entire papers.^[2] Developed under the GNU GPL license, the project homepage can be found at sourceforge.net and the required files/updates are available for download there.

Other features

• supports non-English multi-byte character sets.
• allows multiple attachments for each bibliographic resource — quarantining and embargoes supported.
• comprehensive search.
• store quotations, paraphrases and ideas with your references.
• can export a bibliography in various bibliographic styles (APA, Chicago, IEEE for example).
• allows users to edit or create bibliographic styles through a graphical interface.
• can import and export other bibliographic formats including BibTeX and EndNote format.
• export bibliographies to RTF for use in Word/OpenOffice.org etc.
• modular plugin architecture so easily customizable (PHP) -- plugins include WYSIWYG word processor, import/export bibliographic formats, Amazon import, PubMed import.

See also

• Comparison of reference management software for some comparisons with similar packages.

References

• Amanda Regolini; Frédéric Berger; Emmanuelle Jannès-Ober; Luuk Dorren (2008). "From tailored databases to wikis: using emerging technologies to work together more efficiently" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management. 3: 103–112.