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jchiyahon Ask HN: How do you manage bibtex?

I have the same, but every so often I write something that covers a different niche and I have to import a bunch of papers (and make sure that the others haven't changed). I haven't tried bibtool though, I just have a massive bibtex with everything

jchiyahon Ask HN: How do you manage bibtex?

Mendeley seems to do that but some papers are very tedious to find the information for, especially those that are older or in small conferences, thanks!

jchiyahon Ask HN: How do you manage bibtex?

I see, thanks for the answers! I am surprised there isn't some sort of community database for bibtex files (similar to MusicBrainz Picard) where everyone contributes and keeps updating them over time. Even bibtex from author's websites differ from conference bibtex in format and/or missing fields.