References

Carry your BibTeX libraries with you on your iPad and iPhone!

A BibTeX library is a collection of bibliographic references (papers, books, reports, etc.), designed to work with the LaTeX typesetting system. Each library is stored in a specially-formatted text file (typically ending in .bib), which you can create with your favourite text editor.

The References app gives you an easy way to browse through and interact with your BibTeX libraries. You can scroll, search, follow links, and view file attachments. In particular:

The app creates links from DOIs, MathSciNet references, ACM IDs, and of course URLs.
The app understands elementary LaTeX, so if your titles and/or abstracts contain markup or mathematics (and if your LaTeX is simple enough) then the app can display them nicely.
If you used BibDesk or JabRef to create your library, the app can view your file attachments (e.g., PDFs that you have attached to your references).

For more details, screenshots and examples, see the App Store.

For support or suggestions, contact the author at bab at benburton.org.

Who wrote this?

Benjamin Burton. By day I do research in computational geometry and topology at The University of Queensland (see my university site), and a lot of my work involves writing mathematical software. I do iOS programming in my spare time.

Why this app?

This was something I wanted - I use BibTeX for my own papers, and I like being able to browse through my BibTeX libraries and PDF attachments on my iPad.

Was it written carefully?

Yes - the BibTeX parser and elementary LaTeX interpreter have both been hand-written with great care and extensive testing. If you have BibTeX files that are not parsed correctly or LaTeX that is not being displayed as nicely as it could be, I would be very happy for you to mail me at the address above with the details.

Privacy Policy

In short: References does the right thing by you as far as possible. It only accesses the files and folders that you have asked it to, and you can easily revoke this access at any time. It does not send any information to the developer or other third parties, except for activities that are beyond its control.

In detail: read the full privacy policy here.

Enjoy!