What centralised reference management software should we use?

Question

Hey guys!

I am currently searching for a reference management software to be used collaboratively in our research group. Unfortunately, the bigger proprietary software systems (like EndNote and Citavi) don't support synchronisation between different clients. We'd like to use a system which is network based (as in Client-Server or easy synchronisation) and integrates well with MS Word/OpenOffice.org.

So, what kind of software do you use to do your reference management?

Greetings, evnu

Answer 1

Maybe its would sound funny for you, but i'd like to try google docs, spreadsheets particularly.
It brings great synchronization and on-line sharing. Has "the same" functionality as MS Excel.
So sorting, filtering, custom scripts allowed and obviously free (unless enterprise approach necessary, but still cheap). Accounts (aka sharing) could be configured in reasonable way. You could authorize particular users with particular resources.
In general could be managed nice with it.