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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. In addition to manual typing, BibDesk lets you drag & drop or cut & paste .bib files into the bibliographic database and automatically opens files downloaded from PubMed. BibDesk also keeps track of electronic copies of literature on your computer and allows for searching your database through several keys.
BibDesk integrates well with TeX for creating citations and bibliographies. This integration includes a Citation search completion service, and drag & drop (cut & paste) support for adding citations to TeX files.
Version 1.3.18: New Features
- Registered template names are now accessible through AppleScript
- RTemplate option for new name join style using ampersand
- Support for Spires in web group
- Download files to default download folder when auto-file is turned on and there is sufficient filename information
- Add hidden default for default download location, see the Wiki for details
- Add hidden defaults for ISI search group
- Add hidden default for default browser
Bugs Fixed
- Allow again to drop parseable files on groups to add new items to this group. Dropping on the whole group table adds an external file group
- Fix duplicate items after search (bug # 1926868)
- Fix creating new publications using a BibTeX string in AppleScript
- Fix an infinite hang (bug # 1965986)
- Fix smart group comparisons, in particuar for prefix and suffix
- Fix opening rich text templates with the template editor
- Add real support for "Any Field" in smart groups
- We should not allow editing any property of an author in AppleScript
- Fix scroll position after redoing a quick search, in particular after deleting an item (bug # 1965441)
- Fix key view loop in publication detail window, you can now tab through the fields and the files
- Fix check for TeX preview window visibility, whioch could lead to an inconsistent state when viewing the log (bug # 1970554)
- More efficient handling of fields containing raw bibtex
- Use Helvetica for count badge in group table, looks better because of no serifs
- Drop linked files and URLs in bibtex used for TeX generation
- Reinsert Zoom item in Windows menu
- More fine grained zoom control in preview windows
- Fix dependencies wheh using "%s" format specifier
- Make absolutely sure no invalid characters are entered or generated in cite keys
- Fixes to creating and modifying groups in AppleScript
- Make sure the import script hook is called when importing publications by merging in external items or hitting an Import button
- Avoid crasher in file search (bug # 1902762)
- Add more validation of field names, so invalid field names can never be chosen
- Allow auto-completion of special field names with spaces on Leopard
- Fix dependency fields for auto-file and cite key format
- Remove extraneous check marks in various popup buttons
- Use tool tips for URL columns instead of status messages for better performance
- Add month from RIS PY field if present (bug # 1966538)
- Improve ISI search groups, fix a hang and allow extending searches
- Improved scripting support for (search) groups
- Improve support for selecting items by dropping an .aux file on the main table
- Fix scripting of authors. Use correct key for authors in a publication
- Remove braces in exported EndNote XML and add comma at end of corporate author
- Use a different temporary folder, because not everyone has a chewable items folder
- Fix various leaks
- Workaround for a system bug when undoing entering an illegal character in a cite key or field name
- Improve reliability of background processes
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| BibDesk User Reviews (12 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jul 24 2008 |
MARK EVERITT For some who use this it may be worth looking into CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/ It allows you to upload pdf files, and if you navigate to a journal's website you can automatically get all the details for the paper and it will assemble the bibtex for you. It's neat because I can get hold of my papers wherever I am and searching in it is nice too. Before CiteULike I used JabRef a lot.
(Version 1.3.18) | |
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 | Jul 24 2008 |
RACHELLE I was very happy to see a free app that dose the job as reference manage, however,it crashes easily. Just then I tried to use this app again to see if it had improved, but it crashed the moment I started. Thinking back, I still remember the frustration of needing to attach files by hand which bugs me when I have lots of PDFs. The worst thing is that when it crashes, I lost all the data I entered. T_T Another minor issue: there is no scroll left or right when browsing a webpage. If you have lots of articles and need to work with papers for a long time, Sente is better. Otherwise, this app should work as well.
(Version 1.3.18) | |
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| May 21 2008 |
FXT it took me awhile to warm up to bibdesk, but at this point i couldn't operate efficiently without it. a "must have" if you're into refereed journal literature. | |
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| May 5 2008 |
RCN Perhaps the best designed Mac application there is. It's a shame that more people aren't aware of BibDesk and end up buying one of the competitors instead. BibDesk makes managing large collections of pdfs easy, and you don't need to know anything about bibtex to use it. In fact, one of the best things about BibDesk is how well it integrates with Skim, the pdf reader/annotation app. Manage your database with BibDesk, double click on a pdf to open it with Skim, do all your highlighting and note taking, and when you go back to BibDesk your highlights and notes are waiting there as searchable text! In fact, it is simple to search across the entire text of a large library - searching both the text of the pdfs and your own notes. The screenshot (maybe it is time for a new one?) really doesn't begin to show you how well this program is designed or all of the features (including integration with a number of online databases). If you're looking for anything near the bibliography/note taking realm, I strongly suggest you give BibDesk a try.
(Version 1.3.16) | |
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| Jan 12 2008 |
LUGAL BibDesk is absolutely wonderful software, far better than any other BibTex manager I've ever used. I've been using BibDesk heavily for a few years (writing my dissertation), and the only problem that I've ever had was fixed by the developers on the same day that I reported it. It's a deep program, with lots of features that I don't use, so it might seem a little overwhelming to the uninitiated, but it's so good that anyone who needs to manage a large bibliography--even if they don't use BibTex--really should try it out.
(Version 1.3.13) | |
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| Oct 7 2006 |
OSOS10 A great program. Makes the annoying tasks of organizing references, referring to them from an article, linking them to the corresponding pdf files and urls a pleasure. Thanks ....
(Version 1.2.9) | |
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| Sep 30 2006 |
KLAGRECA Am I the only one, or do "real" groups for organizing references a better idea than "virtual" groups? (I'm talking about where all of the references reside in "All Publications" and groups contain only pointers to the reference.) Otherwise, great program. When considering price, Bibdesk is better than Endnote by a long shot.
(Version 1.2.9) | |
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| Jun 28 2006 |
DFK An excellent program -- powerful and flexible. The export options are particularly nice. Thanks to all who contributed!
(Version 1.2.7) | |
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| Feb 24 2006 |
FOOZMAN This program rocks. It is possible to use this program to organize articles. It even has automatic sorting and naming of pdf articles (ala iTunes). As a longtime BibTex user, I recommend this interface to BibTex entries highly. Also, combined with LyX, one can have a really awesome user-friendly scientific writing setup on their computer without much exptertise. Well, it won't be Word, but the upside is that it won't be Word.
(Version 1.2.4) | |
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 | Apr 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS The current version (0.99.3) seems to have introduced a bug that hangs the program when the user attempts to change format strings in the CIte Key or or AutoFile preferences. Keep v. 0.99.2 handy until this is fixed.
(Version 0.99.3) | |
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