<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
reference	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
bibliographies	O
and	O
references	O
when	O
writing	O
essays	O
and	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
organize	O
and	O
maintain	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
documents	O
in	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
and	O
other	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
primarily	O
a	O
BibTeX	B-Language
front-end	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
LaTeX	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
offers	O
external	O
bibliographic	B-Library
database	I-Library
connectivity	O
for	O
importing	O
,	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
means	O
for	O
exporting	O
,	O
and	O
capability	O
for	O
linking	O
to	O
local	O
documents	O
and	O
automatically	O
filing	O
local	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
many	O
macOS	B-Application
features	O
such	O
as	O
AppleScript	B-Application
and	O
Spotlight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
launched	O
publicly	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
BibDesk	B-Language
is	O
under	O
continuing	O
development	O
by	O
various	O
contributors	O
via	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
available	O
directly	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
currently	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
distribution	O
of	O
TeX	B-General_Concept
Live	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
offers	O
an	O
iTunes-like	O
Cocoa-based	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
,	O
editing	O
,	O
managing	O
,	O
and	O
searching	O
BibTeX	B-Language
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
BibTeX	B-Language
features	O
such	O
as	O
macros	O
and	O
crossrefs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
add	O
new	O
items	O
to	O
a	O
BibTeX	B-Language
database	O
,	O
and	O
copy	O
items	O
between	O
databases	O
,	O
by	O
dragging	O
or	O
pasting	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
using	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
included	O
macOS	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
enables	O
one-click	O
importing	O
of	O
items	O
from	O
several	O
kinds	O
of	O
external	O
groups	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Search	O
groups	O
retrieve	O
items	O
from	O
external	O
bibliographic	B-Library
databases	I-Library
,	O
such	O
as	O
PubMed	B-Library
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
,	O
Web	B-Library
of	I-Library
Science	I-Library
,	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
database	O
searchable	O
via	O
the	O
Z39.50	B-Protocol
or	O
Entrez	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
enables	O
one-click	O
importing	O
of	O
references	O
to	O
articles	O
and	O
books	O
listed	O
in	O
these	O
databases	O
and	O
library	O
catalogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Web	O
group	O
displays	O
a	O
built-in	O
WebKit	B-Language
browser	O
that	O
recognizes	O
bibliographic	O
entries	O
on	O
some	O
web	O
pages	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
,	O
arXiv	O
,	O
JSTOR	O
,	O
WorldCat	B-Library
,	O
and	O
Wikipedia	O
)	O
and	O
harvests	B-Application
them	I-Application
(	O
using	O
COinS	B-General_Concept
,	O
h-cite	O
microformat	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
BibTeX	B-Language
)	O
for	O
easy	O
searching	O
and	O
single-click	O
import	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shared	O
groups	O
contain	O
items	O
that	O
other	O
BibDesk	B-Language
users	O
share	O
on	O
the	O
local	O
network	O
,	O
discovered	O
using	O
Bonjour	B-Application
,	O
similar	O
to	O
local	O
sharing	O
of	O
music	O
in	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Script	O
groups	O
generate	O
their	O
items	O
using	O
any	O
script	O
,	O
either	O
a	O
shell	B-Language
script	I-Language
or	O
an	O
AppleScript	B-Application
,	O
that	O
returns	O
valid	O
BibTeX	B-Language
or	O
any	O
other	O
text	O
format	O
that	O
BibDesk	B-Language
can	O
import	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
can	O
also	O
import	O
records	O
in	O
RIS	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
combine	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
extensions	O
Zotero	B-Application
and	O
Zot2Bib	O
to	O
do	O
one-click	O
importing	O
of	O
references	O
from	O
Firefox	B-Application
to	O
BibDesk	B-Language
using	O
Zotero	B-Application
's	O
ability	O
to	O
harvest	O
references	O
from	O
a	O
wider	O
variety	O
of	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
permits	O
articles	O
residing	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
to	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
BibDesk	B-Language
database	O
entries	O
via	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
or	O
a	O
menu	O
command	O
or	O
scripting	O
,	O
and	O
BibDesk	B-Language
can	O
optionally	O
auto-file	O
linked	O
PDFs	B-Application
or	O
other	O
external	O
files	O
into	O
a	O
user-specifiable	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
managing	O
custom	O
database	O
fields	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
ways	O
to	O
annotate	O
citations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
BibDesk	B-Language
,	O
references	O
can	O
be	O
organized	O
in	O
groups	O
and	O
smart	O
groups	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
playlists	O
and	O
smart	O
playlists	O
in	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
field	O
groups	O
(	O
a	O
simple	O
kind	O
of	O
smart	O
group	O
based	O
on	O
database	O
fields	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
References	O
can	O
be	O
cited	O
in	O
any	O
document	O
by	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
or	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
from	O
BibDesk	B-Language
,	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
macOS	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
custom	O
URI	O
scheme	O
,	O
x-bdsk://citekey	O
,	O
allows	O
hyperlinking	O
to	O
BibDesk	B-Language
references	O
from	O
any	O
other	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
reference	O
can	O
be	O
opened	O
quickly	O
in	O
BibDesk	B-Language
by	O
first	O
selecting	O
any	O
cite	O
key	O
in	O
a	O
LaTeX	B-Application
document	O
or	O
other	O
text	O
document	O
and	O
then	O
using	O
the	O
provided	O
macOS	B-Application
service	O
"	O
Show	O
Reference	O
With	O
Cite	O
Key	O
"	O
(	O
which	O
,	O
like	O
all	O
services	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
assigned	O
a	O
custom	O
keyboard	O
shortcut	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cite	O
key	O
autocomplete	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
some	O
applications	O
(	O
including	O
TeXShop	B-Language
)	O
via	O
a	O
macOS	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
quick	O
search	O
field	O
permits	O
searching	O
any	O
field	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
associated	O
PDF	B-Application
annotations	O
created	O
in	O
Skim	B-Language
(	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
PDF	B-Application
reader	O
created	O
by	O
BibDesk	B-Language
's	O
developers	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
entire	O
content	O
of	O
any	O
linked	O
external	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
detailed	O
"	O
find	O
and	O
replace	O
"	O
window	O
allows	O
finding	O
and	O
replacing	O
text	O
in	O
any	O
field	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entries	O
of	O
any	O
BibTeX	B-Language
database	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
opened	O
and	O
saved	O
in	O
BibDesk	B-Language
are	O
made	O
accessible	O
to	O
Spotlight	B-Application
searches	O
anywhere	O
in	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
so	O
any	O
system-wide	O
Spotlight	B-Application
searches	O
will	O
also	O
search	O
title	O
,	O
author	O
,	O
abstract	O
,	O
and	O
keywords	O
fields	O
of	O
BibDesk	B-Language
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
references	O
are	O
listed	O
in	O
Spotlight	B-Application
and	O
,	O
when	O
opened	O
,	O
will	O
be	O
selected	O
in	O
BibDesk	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
database	O
entries	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
searched	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
macOS	B-Application
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Alfred	B-Operating_System
and	O
DEVONthink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
References	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
via	O
a	O
menu	O
command	O
,	O
cut	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
,	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
macOS	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
in	O
BibTeX	B-Language
format	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
LaTeX	B-Application
documents	O
,	O
BibDesk	B-Language
has	O
a	O
built-in	O
graphical	O
editor	O
for	O
creating	O
custom	O
export	O
templates	O
using	O
Apple	O
's	O
key-value	O
coding	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
program	O
to	O
export	O
selected	O
references	O
in	O
any	O
citation	O
style	O
or	O
in	O
any	O
structured	O
text	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sample	O
templates	O
are	O
included	O
for	O
plain	O
text	O
,	O
RTF	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
RSS	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
other	O
XML	B-Protocol
formats	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
templates	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
BibDesk	B-Language
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
can	O
format	O
entire	O
bibliographies	O
internally	O
either	O
via	O
previews	O
that	O
use	O
BibDesk	B-Language
's	O
export	O
templates	O
or	O
via	O
previews	O
of	O
LaTeX	B-Application
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
previews	O
of	O
LaTeX	B-Application
output	O
,	O
BibDesk	B-Language
can	O
automatically	O
produce	O
citations	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
BibTeX	B-Language
styles	O
or	O
in	O
any	O
style	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
a	O
BibTeX	B-Language
style	O
(	O
.bst	O
)	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
does	O
not	O
itself	O
contain	O
citation	O
styles	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
APA	O
,	O
MLA	O
,	O
Chicago	O
)	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
Citation	O
Style	O
Language	O
(	O
CSL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
who	O
wish	O
to	O
use	O
BibDesk	B-Language
but	O
need	O
to	O
use	O
CSL	O
can	O
export	O
a	O
BibTeX	B-Language
file	O
to	O
another	O
application	O
that	O
supports	O
CSL	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Zotero	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Pandoc	B-Language
,	O
which	O
when	O
combined	O
with	O
Markdown	O
can	O
also	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
simpler	O
alternative	O
to	O
LaTeX	B-Application
for	O
producing	O
academic	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BibDesk	B-Language
offers	O
automation	O
using	O
AppleScript	B-Application
,	O
and	O
using	O
other	O
scripting	O
languages	O
via	O
AppleScript	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
scripts	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
BibDesk	B-Language
wiki	O
and	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
shows	O
which	O
version	O
of	O
BibDesk	B-Language
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
each	O
version	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
