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Zotero & Mendeley
Amanda Izenstark
amanda@uri.edu
Social Sciences Librarian Bootcamp
June 1, 2012
• Overview
• Comparing Zotero & Mendeley
• Hands on with Zotero web
• Hands on with Mendeley web
• Experienced users: Favorite features?
• Caveats
• Not free - "freemium" • Zotero: up to 100 MB free; 1 GB $20/year and up
• Mendeley: up to 1 GB free; $4.99/mo and up
• More than just citation generators
• Zotero: "personal research assistant"
• Mendeley: "reference manager and academic social
network"
Overview
Zotero: Components
Once only a Firefox plugin; data stored locally.
Now:
• Plugins for Firefox, Safari, and Chrome
• Standalone client for Mac, Windows, and
Linux
• Sync to cloud; web-interface available.
Details at www.zotero.org/support/3.0
Mendeley: Components
• "Web Importer" bookmarklet for adding
browser-based material to library
• Standalone client
• Cloud sync and storage
• iPad and iPhone apps
Sharing in Zotero
Sharing with collaborative groups: classes,
common interests
Simple read-only personal library and folder
sharing
• www.zotero.org/amanda
• www.zotero.org/amanda/items/collectionKey
/5S7WUEH8
Sharing in Mendeley
Profile does not link to library
• www.mendeley.com/profiles/amanda-izenstark/
Sharing folders
• Using desktop client, yes.
• Via web, not at this time.
Instead, try a group
• http://www.mendeley.com/groups/2126423/critical-
perspectives-on-educational-technology/papers/
Where the Rubber Hits the
Road, Part 1:
Citations & Bibliographies
in Zotero
Where the Rubber Hits the
Road, Part 2:
Citations & Bibliographies
in Mendeley
Hands On with Zotero
• Install Firefox plugin
• Locate items to add to your library: • Article: “What’s Skill Got to Do With It?”
• Article: “Whatever Happened to ‘Always Cite the
Source’?”
• Book: “Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning”
• Differences between ALA Store & WorldCat?
• Set up an account: zotero.org
Try Zotero
Hands On with Mendeley
• Set up an account: mendeley.com
• Install Web Importer
• Locate items, add to your library using
importer: • Article: “What’s Skill Got to Do With It?”
• Article: “Whatever Happened to ‘Always Cite the
Source’?”
• Book: “Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning”
• Differences between ALA Store & WorldCat?
Try Mendeley
Experienced Users:
What do you use?
What do you love about it?
• Too much for the novice user?
• Anecdotal reports of Firefox upgrades wiping
Zotero libraries
• Potential conflicts with library databases
• Work with some link resolvers (EZproxy), but
not all (III's WAM)
• Cite-as-you-write features not intended for
public computers
Caveats
Questions?
Thank you!
Amanda Izenstark
amanda@uri.edu
Social Sciences Librarian Bootcamp
June 1, 2012