IBIDEM

Ibidem is part of the Nota Bene Workstation.

Ibidem makes bibliography management simple. Add your sources once, and it automatically organizes and formats your references for you.

Is it as good as it sounds?
  • Auto-formats citations
  • Millions of references
  • Links to PDFs/URLs

MANAGE SOURCES EFFORTLESSLY

Enter once, use forever — Add a source one time in your career (Radius and/or Archiva can capture it automatically).

Add depth to every record — Include keywords, annotations, and hyperlinks to web pages, PDFs, images, or full-length note files in Orbis.

Search and sort your way — Filter and organize records using virtually any criteria to find the record to cite in your paper.

Automatic citation formatting — Instantly generate footnotes, endnotes, parenthetical citations, reference-number citations, and full bibliographies.

Avoid incorrectly formatted citations — Ibidem automatically adjusts first/full forms and subsequent shortened forms as citations are added, moved, deleted, making sure that you never have the abbreviated one before the full one.

Create custom subsets — Generate reading lists, to-buy lists, or annotated subject bibliographies in seconds.

Print with flexibility — Output bibliographies in multiple formats — even as tables.

1,000+ academic styles included — Switch styles at any time and update your entire document automatically.

Smart abbreviations — Subsequent citations automatically shorten using titles, ibid., or op. cit., as appropriate.

Seamless style switching — Change formats and watch all notes and references update instantly.

Saves hours of work — Powerful, integrated bibliographic control keeps your research organized and always within reach.

KEY FEATURES

Citation formatting (footnotes, endnotes, author-date, etc.)

Automatically generate footnotes, endnotes, author-date citations, reference-number citations, and full bibliographies — all formatted to your selected academic style.

Links to PDFs, URLs & Files

Attach PDFs, web pages, images, and other files directly to any record for instant access while you research and write.

Notes Linked to Records

Create full-length note files connected to your sources, with citation data retrieved automatically inside Orbis.

Powerful Search & Sorting

Search across on up to two dozen of fields at once and sort by multiple criteria to create custom subsets of your bibliography in seconds.

1,000+ Academic Styles

Switch between more than a thousand citation styles and watch your entire document update automatically.

Integrated with with all the Nota Bene Modules

Work seamlessly within the Nota Bene environment, with Radius and Archiva assisting data entry and Orbis integrating notes and citations effortlessly.

EVERYTHING INCLUDED

Writing & Citations
  • Instant access while writing or editing documents (integral part of Nota Bene)
  • Cite sources in a paper with a single keystroke or mouse click (with or without end-of-document reference list)
  • Quick single-key lookup of author, title, or other data while working in a document
  • In-text citations automatically shorten subsequent references (short title, ibid., op. cit. as needed)
  • Color coding identifies Ibidem-generated citations (blue)
  • Override dynamic Ibidem-generated citations with custom changes (citations turn green)
  • Create “alternate” citation formats overriding standard formatting rules (distinct initial, subsequent, and reference-list forms)
  • Numerous additional citation controls (exclude author/year, reference-list only entries, full-form subsequent citations, suppress punctuation, etc.)

  • Handles millions of references, each up to 30 pages in length

  • Notecard-style forms with separate fields (author, title, date, publication data, contributors, keywords, annotations, and more)

  • Separate entry templates for books, journal articles, edited volumes, etc.

  • Drop-down lists display previously entered data for fast, consistent entry

  • Numerous customizable options (add up to 100 fields, create additional work templates, etc.)

  • Fast, advanced searching (up to 32 criteria at once) with powerful operators: AND, OR, XOR, NOT, starts with, ends with, page/date range, and more

  • Powerful multi-field sorting (up to eight fields simultaneously), including author-title, author-year, and other variants

  • Create subsets based on searches across any field (e.g., keyword-based or subject bibliographies)

  • Subsets update automatically as new matching records are added

  • Add multiple hyperlinks to PDFs, URLs, images, and other files

  • Create linked note-taking files attached to each record, including cross-linked page references

  • Search note files in Orbis with citation data retrieved automatically alongside notes

  • Show records in short-list table view (details appear in a separate window) or individually

  • Preview panel updates automatically, displaying formatted citation in the selected style

  • Produce regular bibliographies, subject bibliographies, authority lists, and more from the entire database or any subset

  • Over a thousand academic bibliographic styles included

  • Radius and Archiva capture data from web pages and library searches to populate your database without you needing to add records manually

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