Ibidem/Archiva/Orbis Summary Table

 

Citation-Reference Management Capabilities/Associations: Ibidem/Archiva/Orbis

Features in bold require the Archiva+ or Orbis+ add-on modules.

 

 

 

Ibidem

 

Archiva/Archiva+

 

Orbis/Orbis+

Access

 

From all modules in Nota Bene Workstation

 

From all modules in Nota Bene Workstation

From all modules in Nota Bene Workstation

Where is my database stored?

 

In user’s computer or cloud account (Google, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.)

 

 

 

 

How does it work?

 

Bibliographic data are entered manually or imported to build user’s personal bibliographic database.

 

Citations are entered from user’s database and bibliographies are generated, all formatted according to user’s choice of academic style.

 

Bibliographic data are entered automatically from:

— Catalogs from libraries and research centers worldwide (built-in Z3950 client)

— Articles in web-based journals available from aggregators such as ProQuest, EBSCO, JSTOR, Project Muse, etc.

— Journals websites

— Zotero records

With Archiva+:

— ISBN identifiers

— Bibliographies from other sources (Word documents, Internet sources, etc.)

— Book publishers websites; Amazon; Google Books

 

Bibliographic records, and all Nota Bene files including files linked to note-taking files are fully searchable.

With Orbis+, PDF, Word and HTML files are also searchable.

Ability to work offline

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

Ibidem is included in Nota Bene Workstation

 

Archiva is included in Nota Bene Workstation Archiva+ is an add-on module

 

Orbis is included in Nota Bene Workstation

Orbis+ is an add-on module

Word processor compatibility

 

Tightly integrated; common interface; continuously visible and accessible (Popup Ibidem); citations and bibliography/reference list are automatically updated and formatted

 

 

 

Parsed text results from Orbis searches in note files linked to bibliographic records are accessible to word processor

Import from library databases?

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

Import from library catalogs

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

Import citation from web pages?

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

Import/Export formats

 

— Import: Zotero, EndNote, RIS, RefWorks, and others

— Export: RIS

 

 

 

 

 

Annotation and Abstract fields?

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 

 

Database size limitations

 

16 million

 

 

 

 

Storage capacity

 

Determined by user’s computer and cloud account settings

 

 

 

 

Attach associated files (PDF, DOCX, HTML)

 

Yes

 

 

 

Contents from Nota Bene and TXT file formats are readable and accessible

Orbis+ reads and provides access to contents from PDF, DOCX, and other formats

 

Attach associated note-taking files (dynamically updated)

 

Yes

 

 

 

Readable and searchable

Create bibliography with different styles

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

Edit output styles

 

Yes for citations (apt for unpublished, archival sources)

 

 

 

 

Special strengths

 

— Tight cross-app integration and data exchange  

— Common interface across apps

— Unencumbered work flow

— Simultaneous access to working document and database/citation management (Popup Ibidem within word processor’s side panel)

— Tight cross-app integration and data exchange  

— Common interface across apps

— Unencumbered work flow

— Simultaneous access to working document and database/citation management (Popup Ibidem within word processor’s side panel)