After several major releases, Biblioscape has evolved from a traditional bibliographic software into a Research Information Manager. Biblioscape helps researchers to get all kinds of information organized in a single database, and link them together to build a knowledge base. It consists of 7 modules addressing different aspects of a researcher's needs.
Core modules
- References module is for storing, managing, and searching for bibliographic references. Bibliographic records from different sources can be imported into a Biblioscape database with the appropriate import filter. References are organized into folders. Several searching tools are provided to query the database.
- Notes module is designed to collect any free text information that does not fit into the reference database. A note can be your ideas, comments, background information about an author, etc. Notes are organized in a tree structure. A note can be linked to other notes, references, tasks, etc.
Advanced modules
- Categories module is for users with a large database. It can be used as a tagging system to classify your information including references, notes, tasks, etc. It can also be used to build a knowledge base with concepts organized in a tree structure and linked to references, notes, web page, files, etc.
- Tasks module is a simple To Do list manager that is integrated with the References and Notes modules. It is designed to manage tasks related to your research, so you won't need a separate program for it. Tight integration with other modules of Biblioscape make it an ideal tool to manage research related tasks.
- Charts module can be used to draw flow charts, organization charts, etc. A chart object can be linked to the References, Notes, Tasks, and Library modules. You can draw a chart to express ideas and procedures in your research, and use SQL to connect objects in your chart to other modules in Biblioscape.
- Composition module is for book and thesis writing. For a large writing project, you can use the composition module to assemble your notes into an book outline, inset references as citations or suggested reading, add records in the categories module as index term or glossary term. You can then compile a final draft with table of contents, index, formatted citations and bibliography, suggested reading list, and glossary all automatically generated.
Web modules
- Internet module can be used to search online bibliographic databases via a web browser. With a single button click, your web search results can be captured into a Biblioscape database. Besides capturing bibliographic records, you can also use the Internet module to capture web pages.
- Biblioscape also includes a web server application, BiblioWeb. With just one button click, your bibliographic database can be published on the Web. Web users can be assigned Read or Write privileges to browse, search, even add and delete bibliographic records using a Web browser. This is the easiest way for a research group to share a common bibliographic database on the Web.
Library modules
- Library module is for managing a small research library. It could be a researcher's personal library, a department library, even a small corporate library. It includes 7 sub-modules to handle different tasks in library automation. These are: Catalog, Serials, Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Borrowers, Lenders, and Suppliers.