Some authors have capital letters in the middle of their surname, e.g. “Michael L DeKay”. Citeulike “corrects” this to lowercase (why? why?). To protect what you put in, you have to use a special syntax:
=/firstname/all_initials/lastname/=
Example:
=/Michael/ML/DeKay/=
You put this directly into the author field, where you would normally put the author name “as is”. If the [...]
The good
CiteULike now offers a feature that makes it much more useful: You can not only upload personal pdf copies of papers, but you can finally share them with others in your group.
The bad
This is only possible for private groups, not for public groups.
The ugly
There is no explicit mention anywhere in your group whether it [...]
As I wrote before, one of the few problems with CiteULike is that I cannot post an article with the CiteULike Bookmarklet if I’m accessing a journal via a library proxy server (that’s practically all the time). The CiteULike FAQ give the tip of using Greasemonkey to get around the proxy server problem.
I’ve finally [...]
I’ve just set up an acount with www.citeulike.org to keep track of papers. Speaking from my first impressions, here are some advantages and disadvantages:
Advantages:
Clear and intuitive layout
Can import and export BibTeX references.
Can export EndNote and RSS.
Lets you manually edit BibTeX citation keys (unlike Connotea).
Lets you upload a personal .pdf copy.
Can automatically add a post from [...]