BibTeXSearch Alternatives

BibTeXSearch is described as 'A scientific record discovery tool' and is an website. There are eight alternatives to BibTeXSearch, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux and Google Chrome apps. The best BibTeXSearch alternative is Zotero, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to BibTeXSearch are Mendeley, JabRef, ZoteroBib and QuickBib.

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  1. Zotero icon
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    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, share research and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.

    78 Zotero alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Microsoft Word
    • Google Docs
    • LibreOffice
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
    • Zotero is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to BibTeXSearch.

    • Zotero is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BibTeXSearch.

    • Zotero is Freemium and Open SourceBibTeXSearch is Free and Proprietary
    • Zotero is Privacy focusedBibTeXSearch is not according to our users
  2. Mendeley icon
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    Mendeley helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library...

    81 Mendeley alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Mendeley is the most popular Web-based alternative to BibTeXSearch.

    • Mendeley is Freemium and ProprietaryBibTeXSearch is Free and Proprietary
  3. JabRef icon
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    Bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

    48 JabRef alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  4. ZoteroBib icon
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    ZoteroBib is a free service to help people quickly create bibliographies without installing any software or creating an account.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. QuickBib icon
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    QuickBib is a cross-platform utility that uses doi2bib3 to fetch BibTeX for DOIs, arXiv identifiers as well as article titles. Works as a GUI app and also as a CLI. Perfect for research workflows, manuscripts and automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  6. BibDesk icon
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    BibDesk is a bibliographic reference manager for Mac OS X. BibDesk is designed to help organize and use bibliographic databases in BibTeX .bib format.

    34 BibDesk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. BibMe icon
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    BibMe is a free automatic citation creator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting. BibMe leverages external databases to quickly fill citation information for you. BibMe will then format the citation information and compile a bibliography according to the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Bibfilex icon
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    Bibfilex is a free bibliographic manager for GNU/Linux, Windows and OS X. It's useful to create and to manage archives of bibliographical items (books, articles, etc.) with possible attachments of any kind according to Biblatex structure and rules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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