WizFolio

WizFolio Web 2.0 is a web-based reference management software - an application used to gather, organize and generate citations in scholarly writings.
WizFolio is designed to replace the traditional desktop reference management software by leveraging on the latest developments in Web 2.0 technology . WizFolio comes with two productivity plug-ins, WizAdd and WizCite.
WizAdd is a webpage scrapper and has the ability to grab bibliographic data, videos, patents and selected information from any webpage into a user's account. It has many features similar to Evernote but provides additional functionality for managing references. WizCite inserts citations from WizFolio directly into Word 2003 and Word 2007 and allows on the fly customization of citation styles and instantaneous preview.
Developed by WizPatent Pte Ltd, its alpha version was launched on 12 May 2008. On 22nd June 2008, the product reached beta stage. It has since been released officially and is opened to the general public.
Features
WizFolio Web 2.0 allows users to manage their journal references online. WizFolio provides the following features to simplify reference collection and management:
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Locate PDF - Find PDF with one-click
Most reference management software only collect bibliographic data alone. WizFolio provides a one-click "Locate PDF" function to bring users to the nearest download page for the PDF of their references. In support of the Open Access movement, WizFolio works with the top 500 open access repositories and publishers such as Biomed Central, Pubmed Central and Public Library of Science (PLOS) and "Locate PDF" will automatically display the corresponding Open Access article.
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Upload PDF
Upload PDFs and WizFolio will analyze the PDFs and attempt to retrieve the matching bibliographic data from Pubmed.
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Import from Clipboard
Users can copy and paste a list of references from journal articles or webpages into WizFolio. WizFolio will parse the strings of references and retrieve the bibliographic data from Pubmed.
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Simplified manual entry
A user can type in partial information and WizFolio will find the rest of the bibliography from Pubmed.
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Import from other Reference Mangement Software
Users can transfer their existing collections from other reference management software into WizFolio by exporting their collections as an RIS file and subsequently importing the RIS file into WizFolio.
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Collaborative Research Tool
WizFolio has two collaborative tools - Folder Sharing Function and WizCite.
The Folder Sharing Function enables researchers working on the same project to view each other's collection. Sharing of references is done by dragging and dropping a colleague's name into the folders to be shared. Users can also selectively determine the level of information sharing.
Using WizCite, multiple users can cite in the same Word document. Their cited bibliographies are fully embedded into the same Word document. Users only need to share the Word document with their colleagues and their colleagues can directly import the cited bibliographies into their WizFolio account. There is no need to send a separate "Travelling Library" to import the cited bibliographies.</li>
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WizAdd
WizAdd is a web browser tool for gathering information from any webpage. WizAdd can scrap a whole webpage, part of a webpage and structured information such as bibliographic data into their WizFolio accounts.
An abbreviated list of supported websites for direct bibliographic import:
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<li>Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)</li>
<li> Amazon Books</li>
<li> IEEExplore</li>
<li> ProQuest</li>
<li> Pubmed (NCBI)</li>
<li> ScienceDirect</li>
<li> Scopus</li>
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In addition to bibliographic data, WizAdd can be used to collect patents from USPTO, Espacenet and Google Patents. Youtube and Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) videos can also be collected via WizAdd and the videos can be previewed in a WizFolio account.
WizCite
WizCite is a web based in-text citation tool.
Its main features are:
- Fully integrate WizFolio with Word 2003 and Word 2007
- 68 Standard citation styles to choose from: including APA, MLA, Medline and IEEE
- Citation Style Editor allows on-the-fly customization and instantaneous preview
 
The citation manager works by retrieving lists of references from a user’s account and display them in a window at the bottom of the screen. 
For citation styles not found in WizCite, users can customize their own citation styles via the citation style editor. Citation fields can be rearranged by a "drag-and-drop" operation and the attributes of each field can be customized on the fly. Changes made can be previewed instantaneously. 
Using WizCite, multiple users can cite in the same Word document. Their cited bibliographies are fully embedded into the same Word document. Users only need to share the Word document with their colleagues and their colleagues can directly import the cited bibliographies into their WizFolio account. There is no need to send a separate "Travelling Library" to import the cited bibliographies. 
Interface
WizFolio supports current browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer. WizFolio is designed to have a desktop-like interface including the responsiveness of a desktop application.
WizFolio's user interface is similar to that of e-mail clients with three panels: folder panel, item list panel and bibliographic panel. WizFolio allows users to drag and drop items into folders. Most of the features in WizFolio can be accessed from the toolbar or by a right click.

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