Add unlinked PDFs including BibTeX data into the database
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Preparation: Adjust the JabRef key generation pattern to fit your needs
JabRef offers a BibTeX key generation and offers different patterns described at BibtexKeyPatterns.
Link the PDFs to your bib file
Create or open a .bib file.
Choose a directory using the "Browse" button.
Click on "Scan directory".
To create entries for all files, click on "Apply".
Click on "OK" to start the import
Press OK to link the file to the BibTeX entry
This happens for each file. After that, the "Find unlinked files" dialog is shown. Just click on "Close" to close it.
You can now save the file and are finished.
Further information
PDFs for which it works
The importer based on the content has been written for IEEE and LNCS formatted papers. Other formats are not (yet) supported. In case a DOI is found on the first page, the DOI is used to generate the BibTeX information.
The next development step is to extract the title of the PDF, use the "Lookup DOI" and then the Get BibTeX data from DOI functionality from JabRef to fetch the BibTeX data.
We are also thinking about replacing the code completely by using another library. This is much effort and there is no timeline for that.
Better filenames
This makes the filenames start with the bibtey key followed by the full title. In the concrete case, \bibtexkey
only may be the better option as the described bibtey key already contains the title.
Mr.DLib
JabRef used to have support for Mr.DLib, which returned back a full BibTeX entry or a PDF. Due to unclear copyright situation of a used library, this service was removed. Further, Mr.DLib changes its focus and will provide literature recommendations. See the realted articles tab.
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