focus / bibteximport

Downloads references from MathSciNet

Bibtex Import

Bibtex Import is an app that lets users get Bibtex references from MathSciNet.

You need a MathSciNet subscription or access in order to use this software

It is written in CoffeeScript and built using Electron and Node.js.

Installation

Installing from binary

Binaries files are available on the website. For older versions or other operating systems than your own, click here.

Build from source

To build from source you will need to first install Node.js, git and grunt-cli. First check out the repository using

git clone https://github.com/Focus/BibtexImport.git

then to compile and build use

cd ./BibtexImport
npm install
npm start

Features

• Search MathSciNet by author and title
• Quickly obtain references in bibtex format
• Easy to use interface
• Automatically obtain remote access from MathSciNet

Usage

Enter the author and title in the fields. You can also use wildcards and boolean operators, see here for details. You may also leave one of the fields empty.

Press search or hit ENTER. The results of the search will appear on the table. You can click on an entry to select it, you can also use Edit>Select All to toggle selecting all the entries. Next use Edit>Copy to copy the selected bibtex entries to clipboard. You can paste these into an editor.

Todo

• Include support for remote access
• Set up auto-updates