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Reference Management Tools: Which One is Right for You? Yolanda Koscielski, Criminology & Psychology Elyse Neufeld, Life Sciences & Education http://www.flickr.com/photos/xuecaro/2895916285/ Reference Management Software Agenda • Common features and functionality • What do you need? (Quiz) • An overview of specific resources – RefWorks – Zotero – Mendeley Reference management How are you handling it now? What tools have you tried? http://tinyurl.com/n9k73l7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollyknit/1518397371/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/chillmimi/7879145394/ Reference Management Tools: What’s the point? Reference Management Software: Common Features and Functionality http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmazzola1/8189969366/ Commonalities • Import citations from various places – Ways to import vary (direct, PDF, browser) • Store citations in one place • Manipulate citations – Folders, annotations, editing, searching, trends • Share citations – Shared account, user groups, online reading lists Commonalities • Centralized access to your research materials – PDFs or Where Can I Get This? Link • Bibliography creation – Standalone or paper-integrated • In-text citation insertion – e.g., RefWorks’ Write-n-Cite Citation management: What do you need? What do you need? vs. What would be nice to have? • • • • • • Free? Compatible with library resources? Allows for collaboration? User support? Easy to learn? Able to store/manage PDFs of articles? QUIZ TIME! • Which Citation Manager is Right for Me? • Please take 5 minutes to fill out the self-quiz. • We will then review our results http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavitalleda/6809106652/ An overview of three different citation management resources • Subscription-based (library pays) • 2 parts: – Main web-based citation management platform – Downloadable plug-in for inserting citations in your paper, creating bibliography (Write-n-Cite) • Data stored on Canadian servers (Scholars Portal) – until June 2015 Demo Advantages: • Brutally literal interface • Well-behaved – does what it is told; demonstrates little initiative. Respects your privacy. • Friendly to citation entries from a wide variety of bibliography types (books, magazines, journals…) • A citation management software “classic” Disadvantages: • Not without glitches, particularly Write-n-Cite, and if working between WnC versions or PC – Mac platforms • Learning investment –economical if you have lots of citations • Weaker for social networking extra features FOIPPA By Hoohaaphotos: http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1261/5099987038_61ff5143ea_z.jpg • Free, open-source • Citation management software: 3 interface options – Zotero for Firefox: built into your Firefox browser – Zotero Standalone: works with any browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera) – Also, a web-based version to access your library online and connect with other researchers • Word processor plug-in: inserts citations in your paper and creating a bibliography • Works with Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera • Downloads a variety of record formats from most SFU databases & from web pages • Drag & drop PDFs into your library (it will extra metadata for citations) • Works with MS Word, Open Office, LibreOffice and LaTeX Advantages: • Quick to learn, simple to use • Works with nearly every information source • Can sync references from multiple computers • Simple to share sources with others • Can take notes, tag records Disadvantages: • Requires software installation (Zotero for Firefox or Zotero Standalone) • Free space limits storage to 300 MB • Creating collections http://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials/collections • Word integration plug-in http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_integration • Free, an Elsevier product • Citation management software: 2 interface options – Mendeley Desktop: manages your PDFs and citations – Mendeley Web: for sharing documents and networking with other researchers • Word processor plug-in: inserts citations in your paper and creates a bibliography Mendeley Web interface: Mendeley Desktop interface: • Advantages – Drag & drop PDFs (or entire folders of PDFs) into your library (it will extract metadata for citations) – Can annotate/highlight/tag documents – Sharing with public and private groups; networking with other researchers – Mendeley can “watch” a folder on your computer and automatically import new documents into your library • Disadvantages – Not as seamless with databases as most other citation managers – Would be difficult to use on campus due to the required plug-in for creating a bibliography – Can only create 1 private group (max. 4 members) – Free account limits storage to 2 GB • Importing documents into your library http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=qRiAIaqdAOg • Organizing your library http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=VD1z0boSpQY • MS Word & OpenOffice plug-ins http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=zkrVbBSrK_w Group Comparison Mendeley • Free account – 4 members – One private group – 100MB • Upgrade $50/month = 5 group members https://www.mendeley.com/u pgrade/team/ Zotero • Free account – Unlimited members – Unlimited groups – Storage space same as groups owner • Upgrade storage i.e. $20/yr = 2 GB http://www.zotero.org/suppor t/storage http://tinyurl.com/pglwp9q http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavitalleda/6809106652/ Which One is Right for You? 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