Mendeley is essentially (for me) a software that saves the following data:
- A file
- Tags associated to the file
In practice the files are research papers and the tags are things like author, title etc. Is there any software (preferably open source) that allows one to do the same thing in Ubuntu?
In Mendeley the data is stored online (on their server) and therefore I can access the research papers from any computer. I would prefer if the suggested software could the same thing (but I get to choose where it should be saved). But maybe if I'm only able to store things locally I could be able to simulate access-from-everywhere using Git and a web server?
Best Answer
I recommend Referencer. You can download it using apt-get. It supports tagging files with fields such as author, title, journal and publisher, etc. For many research papers it will automatically download the data for you provided there is a DOI identifier inside the file. It can also generate BibTex files automatically.
However, it does not store your references online. I use it with git myself, and it works nicely.