html2biblatex

Citing a webpage in LaTeX has never been easier! – html2biblatex is a lightweight browser "plugin" for exporting web pages to BibLaTeX.

small - flexible - magic!

Just click on the html2biblatex bookmark button and paste the collected content into your BibLaTeX code.

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File Description

html2bibtex.js

The JavaScript, that I wrote.

html2bibtex-min.js

The JavaScript without whitescpaces.

html2bibtex-min-win.js

The JavaScript without whitespaces in string ("\n", "\t") for better platform and encoding support.

url-text.js

The same content as 'html2bibtex-min-win.js' except a prefixed 'javascript:' for use in a browser bookmark.

Installation

1. Create a new bookmark in the bookmark panel of your browser.
2. Name it ("Export -> BibLaTeX" or whatever).
3. URL: [Paste here the content from the file url-text.js]

Usage

4. Load the page you want to cite.
5. Click on the new bookmark button.
6. Copy the selected text to clipboard and press [ENTER].
7. Paste the BibLaTeX entry into

• your .bib file.
• JabRef: Just paste it into the open bibliography table.
• Zotero: Go to 'file' -> 'import from clipboard'.

Tested with Google Chrome and Epiphany (GNOME) under Ubuntu 13.10.

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Formatting BibLaTex Entry

For a more beautiful formatting of the BibLaTeX entry you can replace the part after "javascript:" of the file 'url-text.js' with the content from the file 'html2bibtex-min.js'.