bibget: command-line front-end for MathSciNet

The shell script bibget is a command-line front end for MathSciNet, designed for generating bibtex databases. Really no big deal, but seems very handy.
To use it, you need to be on a network that has the access to MathSciNet (most US and Canadian universities are subscribed to this database), or to be able to ssh to an institution with the access (see bibget --help below).
bibget will use either wget or lynx as its back-end (either should be available).

The latest version of this page lives at http://www.math.tamu.edu/~comech/tools/bibget/

The shell script could be downloaded from http://www.math.tamu.edu/~comech/tools/bibget/bibget

Basic usage

bibget a=gilkey t=invariance book 1984

@book {MR1396308,
    AUTHOR = {Gilkey, Peter B.},
     TITLE = {Invariance theory, the heat equation, and the
              {A}tiyah-{S}inger index theorem},
    SERIES = {Studies in Advanced Mathematics},
   EDITION = {Second},
 PUBLISHER = {CRC Press},
   ADDRESS = {Boca Raton, FL},
      YEAR = {1995},
     PAGES = {x+516},
      ISBN = {0-8493-7874-4},
   MRCLASS = {58Gxx (58G10 58G11)},
  MRNUMBER = {MR1396308 (98b:58156)},
MRREVIEWER = {Matthias Lesch},
}
@book {MR783634,
    AUTHOR = {Gilkey, Peter B.},
     TITLE = {Invariance theory, the heat equation, and the
              {A}tiyah-{S}inger index theorem},
    SERIES = {Mathematics Lecture Series},
    VOLUME = {11},
 PUBLISHER = {Publish or Perish Inc.},
   ADDRESS = {Wilmington, DE},
      YEAR = {1984},
     PAGES = {viii+349},
      ISBN = {0-914098-20-9},
   MRCLASS = {58G11 (58G10)},
  MRNUMBER = {MR783634 (86j:58144)},
MRREVIEWER = {Th. Friedrich},
}

bibget r=MR783634 >> books.bib

Bugs and features

More options; ssh tunneling

bibget --help

bibget, version 1.6: Command-line front-end for MathSciNet index.

GENERAL SEARCH:  bibget [[k=]keyword] [a=author] [t=title] [j=journal]
 
  EXAMPLES:  bibget a=gilkey t=invariance book 1984
             bibget r=MR783634 >> book.bib

OTHER OPTIONS:
  bibget [-m mirror | --mirror mirror] use alternative MathSciNet mirror
  bibget [-d|--debug] [other options]  debugging

OTHER USAGE:
  bibget [r=MRnumber | -r MRnumber]    grab a reference with given MRnumber
  bibget [-m | -l | --list]            list of some MathSciNet mirrors
  bibget [-h | --help ]                this help

EXAMPLE OF SSH TUNNELING (via the institution subscribed to MathSciNet):
  ssh -fN -L 31415:www.ams.org:80 math.tamu.edu
  bibget -m localhost:31415 a=gilkey t=invariance book 1984

          N.B. The options of SSH (see the ssh's man page): 
          fork into the background (-f) with no remote command (-N);
          forward local port 31415 to www.ams.org:80 via math.tamu.edu

  (C) Andrew Comech, 2008.  GNU General Public License.

Related programs

tex2bib

Written by Andrew Comech