/cite-urls

Generate citations for a list of URLs

Primary LanguageJavaScript

@bengoldacre: Is there a website where you can paste 20 academic journal URLs in one go and get a list of nice APA/Harvard/whatevs citations back?

Instructions (for Chrome)

  • Download this project as a zip file and extract it.

  • Chrome > Tools > Extensions, check "Developer mode", click "Load unpacked extension...", choose the "extension" directory in the extracted project.

  • Click the new button in Chrome's toolbar, enter some URLs, and press "Cite".

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Notes

  • Currently only works if a DOI can be detected.
  • May sometimes detect an incorrect DOI.
  • May sometimes receive incorrect metadata.

TODO

  • allow output format to be selected.
  • scrape metadata from the page.
  • generate citation locally using citeproc-js.