dithn/refindit

Find references fast

ReFindit

ReFindit is a bibliographic references search engine that brings together information from different sources and builds services on top of the unified data.

Start finding now at ReFindit.org.

Requirements

1. Node.js
2. Active internet connection

Installation

1. Install Node.js
2. git clone http://github.com/pensoft/refindit && cd refindit
3. node app.js
4. In your browser, go to http://localhost:5000

Data sources

ReFindit currently supports the following search types:

Data source	simple	advanced
CrossRef	✔	✔
DataCite	✔	✔
PubMed	✔	✔
RefBank	✔	✔
GNUB (incl. ZooBank)	✔
BHL books		✔
BHL items		✔
Mendeley	✔	✔

Note: Due to the asynchronous nature of the dataflow, the JSON returned by the search service is almost-valid - it consists of several lists concated as strings - [...][...]. See the function someDBsReady in the reference client implementation for a workaround.

ReFindit is powered by

Node.js and Express.