Paperpile

Introduction

Paperpile is about academic productivity. Fixing collaborative writing is a big part of this equation. As a startup, Paperpile occupy this space with others like ShareLatex, Overleaf, and Authorea which provide authoring platforms for academics. but with a different approach. Paperpile does not seek to replace Google Docs but rather to extend it and make it a first class platform for academic writing.

Capabilities, Benefits, and Key Features

Paperpile add-on for Google Docs is:

  • Free, can be added with one click from the Google Docs add-on store.
  • No subscription or even sign-up required. Just use your Google account.
  • Self-contained and fully-featured. Includes everything that’s required to prepare citations and bibliography for an academic paper.
  • Fully collaborative, everyone can add, view and edit citations at the same time.

Rundown of Paperpile's features:

  • Search online for journal articles and books while writing the paper
  • Look up PubMed IDs, DOIs and ISBNs
  • Add citations and bibliographies with one click
  • Supports all types of citations (in-text, footnotes, author-name, numeric, superscripts,...)
  • Choose among all major citation styles like APA, Chicago, MLA and thousands of journal-specific styles
  • Citations are customizable so that they fit in the sentence without getting lost when you re-format, e.g. “(see also Smith, 2002 and references therein)
  • Supports italics and superscripts in the bibliography (e.g. for species names and chemical compounds)
  • Cites journals and books and 29 other supported reference types including patents, websites, computer programs, data sets,..
  • Export references as RIS or BibTeX for use with other reference managers (we don’t judge...)
  • Export your document to Word and EndNote
  • Export your document with citation commands suitable for use with LaTeX/BibTeX
  • Get support at forum.paperpile.com

Limitations / Technology Requirements

Paperpile is available for:

  • Web browsers as an add-on
  • iOS, Android via App Store and Google Play Store
  • Microsoft Word for both Windows and MacOS

What can I expect?

  • Support Tier: Tier 2 - Sponsor Support: If students were to contact IT Help, they refer the user to an individual sponsor, typically an instructor of a given course. The sponsor would work directly with the vendor on any unresolved issues.

  • Acquisition Model: [Cut/Paste from Below]

    • Direct Download: Software is downloaded to a local computer and installed to run from that specific device.
    • Registration: Online user account is used to login to the application each time of use, frequently using Miami's Identity and Access single-sign on capability with your Miami UniqueID and password. 

  • Licensing Model: Registered User License: The license is included with online registration.

  • Authentication Model: Independent Registration: The user is required to create an account individually with the application vendor.

Who may use it?

Miami University individual Faculty, Staff and Students

How do I get started?

Visit this link and click "Start Paperpile" to sign in and start.

Is there a charge to me or my department?

This product that allows for 30 days of 'free' service with a monthly charge past the original 30 day period. All billing would fall back to the end-user.