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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
Refworks 2.0
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
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
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero: Internet plug-in
Zotero Interface
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero: Acquiring papers online
Zotero’s browser feature
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero: Making collections & groups
New collection
New group
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero: Adding notes & linking items
Creating Notes
Linking Related Items
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero: Continued
Example of notes
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero: Creating a bibliography
Zotero menu bar
Preferences
Drop-down menu to select output style
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Zotero bibliography (cont‘d)
Click & drag highlighted records into word or text file …
Highlight records in your collection
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Bibliography – finished product
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
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:
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
What you will learn about Mendeley in 15 mins.
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
What you will learn about Mendeley in 15 mins.
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
What Mendeley is
What you will learn about Mendeley in 15 mins.
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
What Mendeley is Best features
What you will learn about Mendeley in 15 mins.
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
What Mendeley is Best features
How does Mendeley compare …to RefWorks & Zotero?
What you will learn about Mendeley in 15 mins.
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
What Mendeley is Best features
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’
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Mendeley …is a human-curated, constantly-evolvingsocial network for researchers
What‘s the result?
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
…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
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
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
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Mendeley‘s Web Importer
… to install Web Importer, drag & drop bookmarklet into your browser
…supported web sites
Import to Mendeley helps you save citations
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
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
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
‘Synching’ Mendeley desktop & web versions
Synchronize desktop & web version
Add references, edit & manage library
Get statistics about your library, your academic impact & research field
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Mendeley PDF viewing & annotating
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Citing papers in manuscript(s)
“Send citation” to MSWord
Citation shows up in selected style
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
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
Eugene Barsky, Dean Giustini & Kevin Read – UBC Library, 2011
Twitter buzz from Mendeley users