Extension:Bibwiki

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Bibwiki Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Adds a special page to manage BibTeX bibliographies.
Author(s)	Wolfgang Plaschg (WplaschgTalk)
Last Version	0.99d (2008-01)
MediaWiki	1.11.0
License	GPL
Download	from Sourceforge.net
check usage (experimental)

Bibwiki is an extension to create and manage scientific bibliographies. The bibliographies are stored in plain text files in the common BibTeX format.

[edit] About Bibwiki

Use Bibwiki to:

• import from Aleph OPAC, Amazon, Library of Congress, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, British Library, Major German and Austrian Libraries, Proquest/CSA databases, ArXiv and many more...
• manage digital documents (PDF files, web pages, etc.)
• export lists of references via BibTeX (screenshot)
• create lists of references in Mediawiki articles (screenshot).

[edit] more about Bibwiki

• Detailed explanation of features
• Screenshots
• Overview of page elements
• User Manual

Visit the homepage at http://www.plaschg.net/bibwiki/

[edit] Download

• download Bibwiki 0.99d from Sourceforge.net

[edit] Installation

• Extract the downloaded file into the folder extensions.
• Add the lines

require_once("extensions/<Bibwiki folder>/Bibwiki.php");
require_once("extensions/<Bibwiki folder>/BibCite.php");

at the end of LocalSettings.php.

• Open the Bibliography special page (Special:Bibliography) and create BibwikiSettings.php by following the setup instructions.
• Save BibwikiSetttings.php in the Bibwiki directory (extensions/<Bibwiki folder>).
• Configure Bibwiki.

[edit] License

Bibwiki is released under the GPL.

[edit] Name confusion

This is not to be confused with the MeatBall:BibWiki project, which is a more tailored approach to managing bibliographies in a wiki.