引用文献作成に役立つfirefoxアドオンZotero

学術論文を書く際の引用文献作成に役立つfirefox2.0対応のアドオンZotero。performancingのようにブラウザ内で動作し、ウェブ・ページの他pdf、画像などをそのまま取り込んだ後にソートやタグ付けなどが可能。文献情報は引用文献スタイルにフォーマットするためのCSLと呼ばれる新しいXML言語を用い、APA、Chicago、MLAなどのスタイル形式でエクスポートができる。似たようなアドオンにscrapbookがあるけれども合わせて使うと便利かもしれない。

With Zotero, which requires the latest version of the Firefox browser, users can import Web pages, and citation information from them, into a personal filing system, among other features. A written statement on the project's Web site says the software "includes the best parts of older reference-manager software (like EndNote)―the ability to store full reference information in author, title, and publication fields and to export that as formatted references―and the best parts of modern software such as del.icio.us or iTunes, like the ability to sort, tag, and search in advanced ways."

Zotero uses CSL to configure citation formatting. CSL is a new XML language for citation formatting, and is designed to provide a nice balance of power and ease-of-use. It is also designed to be independent of any particular application, document format, or programming language.

http://www.zotero.org/
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1679/firefox-scholar-released-now-called-zotero