Not sure "citational" is even a word, but hopefully it conveys my meaning!
I've been using LaTeX for academic writing and reading for quite some time, with emacs as my editor. I'm pretty familiar with managing a .bib file containing all the references I've collected, and using it in LaTeX \cite commands. I've come to org-mode more recently. I'm trying to imagine how I might use it to manage my "personal library." I have a directory full of pdf files, each a downloaded article. Some articles I reference in papers I write; others I just read and want to keep. I also have a .bib file where I put the citational material for all those articles. Whenever I download an article, I add its entry to my .bib file. I tend to manage this with JabRef because it searches Medline so easily, but I also will edit the .bib file directly when necessary. I like the idea of an org file containing the citational information (authors, title, journal, etc) *plus* links to the pdfs on my hard drive, or on the internet. I could also include my notes about the articles. But what would that org file look like? How do I insert a reference to an article into the org file which contains the article I am writing? I'd be grateful for any explanations, or links to tutorials. Thanks. --Chris Ryan SUNY Upstate Medical University Binghamton, NY
