Biblioscape is a software package that helps an individual or a group of users to collect, manage, and publish research information. When it was first released in 1998, Biblioscape could only manage references. Over the years, more modules have been added to manage other types of information. These include notes, tasks, idea charts, libraries, categories, and compositions.
Who Biblioscape is designed for:
- Graduate students who need to work on theses, write research papers, and prepare for seminars.
- College professors, research scientists, social scientists, historians, etc. who need to manage a growing collection of references and research notes.
- Anyone who needs to cite other people's work in writing.
What the main features of Biblioscape are:
- References module: Import references from different sources; organize references into folders and classify by categories; generate formatted citations and bibliographies according to user selected styles.
- Notes module: Add notes to references and use them later in your writing; organize notes in outlines.
- Categories module: Build a category list or taxonomy; tag references, notes, and other records with categories.
- Tasks module: Manage research related tasks; link tasks to references, notes, etc.
- Charts module: Build flow charts that have objects linked to references, notes, etc.
- Composition module: Assemble notes into an outline structure to build a book with formatted citations, table of contents, index, etc. automatically generated.
- Library module: Basic features for a small library including catalog, serials, circulation, interlibrary loans, borrowers, lenders, and suppliers sub-modules.
Biblioscape is not just a single user desktop tool. It is designed for a multi-user environment with multiple access points. The Biblioscape server package includes a database server for sharing a database locally and remotely, a web server to make your database accessible through web browsers, and an ODBC driver for accessing Biblioscape database from other applications.