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Keep

ItTogether:Organizational

Tools to Manage

Your Research and

Citations

October 24, 2013

Jordan Jefferson

jordan.a.jefferson@yale.edu

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What Are R&C

Management Tools

and Why Do We Use

Them?

Considerations

Quick Overview

EndNote

RefWorks

Zotero

Mendeley

Evernote

Finding the Tool(s) to

Fit Your Needs

Where are we going?

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How do I

manage all of

this stuff?

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Considerations

1. Format/ Cost2. Learning Curve

3. Importing

Metadata

4. Pdfs and Websites5. Organization

6. Integration with

Word

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Desktop Client, WebInterfacte, and iPad

App- PC & MAC.

No charge for the

Yale Community.

Search online and

compatible databases

through EndNote. Can

add references fromGoogle Scholar

Takes longer to learn

robust support and

training options.

Find Full Text, add

PDFs through Yale

Links. Web Capture

Tools

Group reference by

project- Sync EndNote

and EndNote Web

Plug-In: Cite While YouWrite

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Web Based andMobile site

No charge for the

Yale Community.

Search compatible

databases through

RefWorks. Some

databases have exportfunction.

Relatively steep

learning curve

many helpful

tutorials and guides

Attach PDFs to

reference. Install

RefGrab-it to pull

metadata from

websites

Create folders and

subfolders

Plug-In: Write-N-Cite

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Web based plug-in forFirefox. Standalone for

Firefox, Chrome &

Safari

Free- Open Source

Automatically

determines collectable

content on the web. Add

to library with one click.

Easy to learnlimited

formal support/training

Auto-captures PDFs,

web content, urls and

media/images

Organized similar to

iTunes playlists- Create

collections and sub-

collections

Plug-Ins for Word and

Open Office. Drag &

Drop in email and

Google Drive.

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Desktop Client, WebInterfacte, and App-

PC & MAC.

Free- Open Source

Can import citations

from databases and web

pages using the Web

Importer.

Easy to learn-

Comprehensive Youtube

Channel

Drag any PDF directly

into Mendeley from

your desktop or

folders

Create folders and

tags . Annotate and

search in PDFs

Plug-Ins for Word and

Open Office.

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A Note About

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Which one is right for you

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Yale Law Library, Research Management and Citation,

library.law.yale.edu/research-management-and-citation-

Yale University Library, Citation Management,

http://guides.library.yale.edu/citationmanagement

Georgetown Law Library, Bluebook Citation Resources,

www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/citation-

tools/bluebook.cfm