# Discourse for Academic Use Features (Done and to be Done)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-academic-use-features-done-and-to-be-done/63885>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2017 年 6 月 3 日午後 5:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-academic-use-features-done-and-to-be-done/63885 "2017-06-03T17:33:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![allu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@allu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/allu)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 11 月 2 日午後 6:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-academic-use-features-done-and-to-be-done/63885/9 "2017-11-02T18:35:38Z")

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> [@tophee](#):
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> How about a literature database that makes it easy to include references in posts?

Zotero is great if you really need to build your own literature database (with all the advantages & disadvantages of this route). I originally had Zotero attached to a Wordpress/bbPress forum, but have moved away from that approach and am using this instead:

> **[Academic Blogger's Toolkit](https://wordpress.org/plugins/academic-bloggers-toolkit/#description)**
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> This plugin hasnt been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. | A plugin extending the functionality of...

For a use case where you basically just want to assist users in providing correct litterature references, I find this a much more practical approach. Check out the demo video below, I would LOVE to see this kind of functionality available on Discourse. It would really help to open it up for academic scenarios.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k72Dh8L2BA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

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