Explanation at: Ruby script to convert Hein Online citations to AGLC

#!/usr/bin/ruby
# 20080603 Nic Suzor
# Available under CC BY-SA 2.5 (AU) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/
#
# Alternatively, permission is granted to exercise any of the rights comprised
# in the copyright in this code, as long as the user agrees that it is provided with
# no warranty, express or implied, to the extent permissible by applicable law.

puts "this script will convert Hein Online citations to AGLC formatted citations."
puts "\n"
puts "enter a Hein Online cite (on up to two lines):"


cite = gets.chomp!
cite = cite + gets.chomp!

while cite != ''
    #eg: 82 Ind. L.J. 261 (2007) On Virtual Worlds: Copyright and Contract Law at the Dawn of the Virtual Age; Reuveni, Erez 
    #becomes:  Reuveni, Erez, "On Virtual Worlds: Copyright and Contract Law at the Dawn of the Virtual Age" (2007) 82 Ind. L.J. 261

  cite = cite.gsub(/(.*?)(\(.*?\))(.*?); *(.*?)\Z/, '\4, "\3" \2 \1')

  puts cite
  puts "\nNext cite (enter two carriage returns to finish):\n"

  cite = gets.chomp!
  cite = cite + gets.chomp!

end