LiteratureDB

literaturedb is a bibliographic management software that can help you organize your literature and bibliographic references for scientific documents. It runs as a PHP web site and provides a collaborative space for storing and sharing documents and references.

You can download the current version here: disk literaturedb.zip. The package contains the file installationmanual.html which explains the installation and update procedure.

Features

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Simplicity
You will find all options on just four pages.
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Bibtex
It uses Bibtex entry types so you can reuse references.
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Full text
It stores full text files (pdf, doc, etc.) for quick access.
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Exports
Export to Word, Bibtex, Endnote, MODS and RIS.
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Collaborate
Share documents in your team and with friends.
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Search function
Find documents with the search function.
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Tagging
You can tag every document with keywords.
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Small footprint
It is 580px wide so it fits besides a word processor.
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LDAP
Reuse the user management of your organization.
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Customize
Reuse the CSS design of your organization.
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FLOSS
It is free and open source (GPL).

Technical requirements

For running your own installation of literaturedb you need an ordinary web hosting with the following specifications:

  • PHP 5.0 or higher
  • MySQL 4.1 or higher
  • Enough disc space for storing the document files
  • UTF8 has to be enabled in PHP and MySQL for supporting special characters