Reference Manager

A robust Bibtex citation manager that eliminates duplicate labels, automatically generates paper filenames, and provides LaTeX citation formatting for seamless academic reference management.

Current File Structure

reference-manager/
├── .gitignore         # Git configuration to ignore reference files
├── README.md          # This documentation file
└── references/        # Directory to store reference files
    └── .gitkeep       # Empty file to ensure the directory is tracked by Git

Planned Functionality

The Reference Manager will include the following core features:

• Duplicate Label Elimination: Automatically detect and resolve duplicate citation keys in BibTeX files
• Automatic Paper Filename Generation: Create standardized filenames for papers based on metadata
• LaTeX Citation Formatting: Generate properly formatted LaTeX citations for easy inclusion in documents
• Project Management: Dropdown menu for selecting active projects to manage citations for different research efforts
• BibTeX File Import: Upload and extract data from .bib files, merging into existing projects

Potential Future Functionality

The following features could be considered for future development:

• Reference Organization: Categorize and tag references for improved searchability
• Reference Extraction: Extract bibliographic information from paper PDFs
• Export Capabilities: Generate formatted bibliographies in various citation styles
• Version Control Integration: Track changes to your reference database over time

Getting Started

Section to be added once implementation begins

Usage

Section to be added once implementation begins