Refworks Zotero Mendeley UBC Library Workshop

RefWorks, Zotero & Mendeley:a three (3) way comparison of tools

Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin ReadUBC Reference Librarians – August 4th, 2011

…three UBC librarians present three (3) reference management tools

AGENDA

INTRODUCTION (s) 10 minutes

OVERVIEW TO REFWORKS, ZOTERO, MENDELEY (1:10 - 2:00pm) 50 minutes

• overview of RefWorks, Zotero & Mendeley• point out advantages/disadvantages of each • pros & cons • discuss reference management tools & trends for UBC faculty & students

OVERVIEW (2:05pm) 5-10 mins• Handout – three-way comparison

WRAP UP / Q&A time left

Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011

http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Bibliographic_citation_software#RefWorks_.28.24.24.29

http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Zotero_-_open-source_citation_management

http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Mendeley_-_Manage,_Share_%26_Discover_Research

Refworks 2.0


http://guides.library.ubc.ca/refworks

• Create your own personal library of articles / citations • Web-based citation management tool -- widely-used in Canadian academic libraries

“Your online research management, writing and collaboration tool…” New 2.0 version accessible from UBC Library Import and store citations, format bibliographies and import citations from RSS feeds Link to files (e.g., PDFs, word documents, Excel spreadsheets) Add new citations by importing or manual entering; share citations

Zotero: what is it?http://www.zotero.org

• freely-available, easy-to-use, open source software

• powerful research tool to gather, organize & analyze your sources• citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects

• track papers on web, Google Scholar, UBC databases, etc.

• easily organize & share records with colleagues, classmates etc.

• Create bibliographies quickly and efficiently


http://www.zotero.org/


Zotero: Internet plug-in

Zotero Interface


Zotero: Acquiring papers online

Zotero’s browser feature


Zotero: Making collections & groups

New collection

New group


Zotero: Adding notes & linking items

Creating Notes

Linking Related Items


Zotero: Continued

Example of notes


Zotero: Creating a bibliography

Zotero menu bar

Preferences

Drop-down menu to select output style


Zotero bibliography (cont‘d)

Click & drag highlighted records into word or text file …

Highlight records in your collection


Bibliography – finished product


Zotero: pros & cons

• Easy to create bibliography feature • Tool is within your browser; convenient • Ease of use when working in groups • Easy import feature located in address bar

• Only available by using Firefox • Interface: size limitations; cumbersome notes feature • Keeping interface open limits webpage visibility • Zotero has difficulty importing citation criteria correctly

PROS

CONS

Zotero: how do I get it?

• Get it online at: http://www.zotero.org

• Sign up and download plugin for Firefox• Sync up your records from any computer that has Zotero:

Sign in using Zotero's preferencesThen sync using this button in the main

menu:


What you will learn about Mendeley in 15 mins.




What Mendeley is



What Mendeley is Best features




How does Mendeley compare …to RefWorks & Zotero?




What makes it different?

How does Mendeley compare …to RefWorks & Zotero?

• A free reference manager

• Social network to organize your research & collaborate with others ...

• Drag & drop your papers into Mendeley from your browser

• Automatic extraction of all relevant information for your citation(s)

Mendeley is....

Mendeley’s database enables social discovery in real time …’crowdsourced’


Mendeley …is a human-curated, constantly-evolvingsocial network for researchers

What‘s the result?


…free academic tool for managing, citing & sharing research papers using your desktop

…Mendeley’s web-component (synchs with desktop) and social network for papers, trends & researchers

Mendeley Desktop Mendeley Web


Two parts to Mendeley:

Add single files or entire folder Importing PDF files, BibTeX / RIS files / EndNote

…drag & drop PDFs into centre library pane…

… Mendeley extracts details of article / metadata

Mendeley‘s Desktop features


Mendeley‘s Web Importer

… to install Web Importer, drag & drop bookmarklet into your browser

…supported web sites

Import to Mendeley helps you save citations


Import using Web importer

While viewing references you want to import to Mendeley: click on the ‘Import’ icon

…then, click “Import” to move citation to Mendeley; PDF will also be imported


‘Synching’ Mendeley desktop & web versions

Synchronize desktop & web version

Add references, edit & manage library

Get statistics about your library, your academic impact & research field


Mendeley PDF viewing & annotating


Citing papers in manuscript(s)

“Send citation” to MSWord

Citation shows up in selected style


Details Description

Cost Free up to…1 GB Web space5 Private groups10 Usershttps://www.mendeley.com/upgrade

Desktop and web application Sync desktop & website applicationAutomatic citation extraction from PDFs Just drag & drop PDFs into Mendeley Desktop

Mendeley detects subject keywords within your PDFs Cross-checks your research library against external databases: CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, or Google Scholar, using DOIs and other unique identifiers

Share References References can be shared with others by creating “public” or “shared” (restricted) collection

Mobile support iPhone, iPod Touch, iPadDirect import/export Bookmarklet to import http://www.mendeley.com/import/Citation styles About 1200 styles

Working on other styles

DOI Pulls all citation details (e.g., metadata)Duplicate record detection Detects duplicate recordsPDF markup/annotation Annotate and write notes in PDF documentsCite/create bibliographies Generate citations and bibliographies in Word, OpenOffice, Google Docs,

LaTeX, and any other text editorImport from & sync with other ref managers Imports your existing BibTex, RIS, and EndNote librariesCitation style clipboard http://www.mendeley.com/citationstyles/Browsers Works with Firefox and IESocial networking Members, FollowersSharing and collaboration features Groups, embedding your papers into your website

Just started using Mendeley. How come I was never told about such a great tool?

@litreviewhq I haven't heard of Mendeley but could be exactly what I'm looking for... Thanks!

@enkerli I *love* Mendeley…best thing to happen to reference management since EndNote …

Just fyi, Mendeley is pretty awesome on searching research: http://t.co/l0VoRGU

@AmandaMichelle I love Mendeley: love the web importer, use it across devices (phone/ipad) to share readings w/advisors, etc. #phdchat

http://amplicate.com/love/mendeley


Twitter buzz from Mendeley users

Education

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