Abstract

In a few years we have evolved from bibliographic reference managers that only worked offline to management systems on the Web as a research tool. They make it easy to share, add and tag references. They support scientific discovery through the networks that are created between researchers’ personal bibliographies on related topics.

Abstract

Social reference managers automate repetitive and tedious tasks such as literature management, offering an alternative to search engines and traditional databases for social mediation and scientific discovery. In this study we reflect upon the implications of social tagging processes for personal bibliographic management in the 2.0 environment, and we study two of the most famous applications, although still little known and employed in Spain: CiteULike y Connotea.