=JabRef= ==The program== ====Introduction==== JabRef is a free, open source reference manager based on BibTeX, a universal referencing format that works particularly well with the LaTeX document markup language. Note that you don't actually need to learn LaTeX to use JabRef, as programs like LyX <http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/basewiki/LyX> serve to provide you all of its power (to produce beautifully formated .pdf documents) while being easy to use and clean. Additionally, you can use your JabRef bibiliography with OpenOffice and Word (see below). Note: this is not meant to be a comprehensive wiki, just a help file to get you started with using JabRef and BibTeX.

====Installation==== Go to http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ <http://jabref.sourceforge.net/> and click on Download (the latest stable version) onto your desktop and open it (you need to have Java installed: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp <http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp>)

==Creating a bibliography== ====Finding references through Medline==== Open the Jabref program, go to 'File -> New database', browse to find a place where to keep your bibliography and give it a name ending with '.bib'. Alternatively, if you already have a BibTeX bibliography, use 'File -> Open database'.

To search for a reference online, go to 'Web Search -> Fetch Medline' (or type F5) and in the new side pane that opens type the keywords you are interested in and click 'Fetch'. A list of references that has been found will come up: find the references that you want and, under the field 'Keep', click on their boxes and then on 'Ok'.

Prego! Now you have some references in your bibiliography.

====Editing references==== To change an entry just double click on it. You will see various tabs: 'Required Fields' (typically contains all the fields necessary for your reference to be sufficient for citation), 'Optional Fields', 'General' (particularly useful for keywords, web-links, .pdf's and other comments), 'Abstract' (very useful to quickly glance at the content of an article), 'Review' and 'BibTeX source'

These tabs are useful to edit your references to your liking, such as copy-pasting a missing abstract from PubMed.

====If Medline fails==== In the rare case when Medline fails, you can create a new reference by clicking on the green plus on the icon bar. Select your reference type (usually 'Article', 'Book' or 'Inproceedings') and either complete the various fields yourself or find the BibTeX source in...

=====Google Scholar=====

Go to www.scholar.google.com <http://www.scholar.google.com/>. Click on the 'Scholar Preferences' link (tiny thing next to Search button) and scroll down to check-on 'Show links to import citations into BibTeX' and 'Save Preferences'.

Search for an article in Scholar, say 'luck vogel working memory' and click on the click on the 'Import into BibTeX' link underneath. Copy the strange text within and paste into it into your empty article's 'BibTeX source' tab-field.

=====PubMed=====

====Importing from EndNote==== Under construction! Come back soon.

====Using groups====

==Using your bibliography= ====Usage with Lyx==== Under construction! Come back soon.

====Usage with OpenOffice==== Under construction! Come back soon.

====Usage with Word==== Under construction! Come back soon.