GlobalBooks - Bibliographic cataloguing software and Research Utility
Version: 0.5GlobalBooks brings a world of information to your desktop. By linking the art of book collecting and the art of research, GlobalBooks brings the best of both worlds to its users.
License: Free
Operating System: Mac OS X
Homepage: homepage.mac.com
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GlobalBooks is your digital shelf. Perfect for everybody, GlobalBooks offers a wide range of features to promote the digital lifestyle. Having trouble making a bibliography? Add the book to GlobalBooks and let it make the bibliography for you. Want to quickly compare prices at top online bookstores? Simply perform a price check to find the most affordable copy.
GlobalBooks comes with a variety of features that makes research exciting. It can search for eBooks using Project Gutenberg and instantly generate MLA or APA bibliographies. GlobalBooks can also locate notable quotations from thousands of authors, from A.A Milne to William Shakespeare.
GlobalBooks' appealing interface enhances your computing experience. GlobalBooks promotes a fast, efficient and intuitive workflow interface because it's designed to catalog books for people, not machines.
Here are some key features of "GlobalBooks":
· Rapid Search Results
· Consumer Information
· Instantly Created MLA and APA Formatted Bibliographies
· Quick Online Price Comparisons
· Author Information
· eBook Search
· Easily Integrated Interface.
Limitations:
· GlobalBooks is a work in progress. One current limitation is support for searching through current collections, although work is being done to incorporate a sufficient design for this important function.
· Another limitation present in GlobalBooks is the inaccuracy of some publishing ocations when producing bibliographies. New locations are being added and with time this problem will become less prevalent.