findcite.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import re

f = open('Bibliography_ToddArnedtGrant.txt','r')
Todd = f.readlines()
f.close()

f = open('Bibliography_SoniaDuffyGrant.txt','r')
Sonia = f.readlines()
f.close()

f = open('Bibliography_LymphedemaContract.txt','r')
Lymph = f.readlines()
f.close()

Sonia = [u.lstrip('\t') for u in Sonia]

author = sys.argv[1]
number = sys.argv[2]

refs = {'Todd':Todd, 'Sonia':Sonia, 'Lymph':Lymph}

out = [u for u  in refs[author] if u.split('.')[0]==str(number)]

out1 = out[0].split('.')[1].replace('\t','')
out2 = re.findall('\d{4}',out[0])
out = [out1,out2]

print out