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A Book Citation iPhone App

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I haven’t used this but as the post says, it is million dollar idea!

MILLION-DOLLAR IDEA: Scan Books With This App And Get An Instant Bibliography For Research Papers

“The idea: Instead of spending hours putting together a bibliography, simply scan the barcode of the books with this app and voila — you have an instant list.

Quick Cite, a 99-cent app that works on the iPhone and Android, automates the task of entering and formatting books used in theses and research reports.

Here’s how it works: After you scan a book’s barcode with your smartphone, Quick Cite will email you a citation formatted to fit one of four common bibliographic styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE.”

It just does books for now. It was developed by students at the Univeristy of Waterloo.

If anyone out there tries this, let us know how it does.

When will the mainstream citation tools get their aps out there?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).