Bibliography Managers

Nick Guy, Ph.D.25 August 2014

“Topics in Genetic Counseling”

What are they?Provide an organizational tool for citations

Searchable database of your references

Includes journal articles, books, theses, conference proceedings, and the list goes on and on and on…

A way to manage a collection of PDFs

Makes citations and bibliographies easy for written work

Can share citations w dept

and friends!

Many possibilitiesMendeley (free)

Zotero (free)

Readcube (free)

EndNote ($$$)

LaTex (free, but older and less user friendly)

…

What is Zotero?https://www.zotero.org/

Created by George Mason University

Can be completely web-based or standalone

Searchable database of your references Includes journal articles, books, theses, conference

proceedings, and the list goes on and on and on…

Makes citations and bibliographies really easy to insert into document

Zotero Website

FeaturesWorks on Windows/MacOS/Linux

Firefox plug-in

Standalone version, connectors for Chrome and Safari

Has a Microsoft Word and OpenOffice (LibreOffice) plugin

Syncs across multiple devices

300 MB limit sync storage for references and PDFs

UsingEasy import from Web

Can tag for easy search later

Citations styles are easyYou choose the styleOnline database beyond defaultsYou could even create your own

You can create or join groups to share database and collaborate

Zotero in Web Browser

Click to expand Zotero database

Using Zotero Click to import citation

SettingsClick

to sync

Modifying Information

Can change citation information

Search using tags, author, content, etc.

Citations in Microsoft Office

Choose the Citation Style

Can download hundreds of styles pre-built

Can submit a request for new style or build it yourself

Inserting Citations

Easy to insert single or multiple citations

Build Bibliography

Upcoming in Zotero Development

Mobile app

Internet explorer and mobile compatability

Suggestions based upon your recent activity

What is Mendeley

http://www.mendeley.com/

Windows/MacOSX/Linux/iPad

Standalone Desktop interface

2 GB of cloud sync space

Works with saved Zotero referenes

Imports PDFs, can annotate and highlight

Can search folders on your computer for papers

Mendeley Website

Mendeley

Drag-and-drop PDF

Mendeley Bookmarklet

Click to import citation

Mendeley Citations

Mendeley Insert Citations

Mendeley Build Bibliography

Mendeley Internal Search

Mendeley PDF Viewer

Thanks

Questions?