Scholarship Tools Managing Bibliographies H. Stephen McMinn

Bibliographic Management Tools Reference Database Bibliography Manager OR ….. Tools to help manage information Tools to aid in creation of publications

Reference Database A Reference Database: allows users to build and maintain a database of all your references (preferably imported from electronic sources elsewhere). The main functions of such programs are: Maintenance of a database of references. Downloading references from other databases.

Bibliography Manager A Bibliography Manager: works in parallel with MS Word to: Use the database to link to references in word-processed documents. Generate a bibliography in the correct style following the 'instructions to authors' you need to successfully submit your articles.

Save Time & Be better Organized! Why????? Save Time & Be better Organized! Example Using EndNote and Microsoft Word to Create Bibliography

Best Tool? Really Depends on… What you want to do? How you work? Research/Information sources used? Mac or PC? Cloud or device? Willing to Pay?

Tools – Big 3 for PC Zotero EndNote Web and EndNote Mendeley Others……. Free -- Firefox Plug-in/Addon Screen Capture as Well as Citation Capture EndNote Web and EndNote Free - Web Based Version of EndNote Commercial Bibliographic Management Mendeley Others…….

Others Web Capture Note Taking Diigo Web Scrapbook Scribe (History) OneNote (MS) and EverNote

Other Bibl Management Listing (Wikipedia) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software Many BibTex – for LaTex Free and Paid – Start with Free

New Tools Paperpile (Paid) Qiqqa (no Mac) ReadCube SciRef (no Mac) (Paid) WizFolio Qigga – No RIS output RealCube – no import options -- only html output for bibs Paperpile – only integrates with google docs – Most others only with Word Papers – looks to be no sharing

Other Applications Social Media – Sharing Citations ID Sites CiteULike Research Gate Academia.edu ID Sites Researcher ID Orcid ID

Introductory Citation Tools EasyBib Bibme Citation Machine NoodleTools Most Library Databases provide basic citations in top styles

Tools – Big 3 for PC Zotero EndNote Web and EndNote Mendeley

Zotero Lives in your browser and on your PC Screen capture Bibliographic Capture Thousands of Citation Formats Output to RIS, BibTeX, EndNote, files, etc. Works with Word via plug-in American Sociological Association Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date) Chicago Manual of Style (Note with Bibliography) Chicago Manual of Style (Note without Bibliography) IEEE

Zotero - Advantages Export to EndNote available Link to Files available -- Attachments Saved Locally Add Notes and Tagging Available Highlighting & Annotations via plug-in Help Available – Screen casts

EndNote & EndNote Web Bibliographic Management Software Helps gather, store, and organize references/citations Helps in the publication of papers/bibliographies with these references Additional Features – vary by product

EndNote Web Web Based Bibliographic Management Software Free with Library’s Web of Knowledge subscription Integrated with Web of Knowledge Databases Over 3,000 output styles Over 600 import filters – Potential Data Sources

EndNote Web Advantages Web based access from anywhere Works with Word via plug-in Can Share References with others (via email) Numerous Input and Output Styles

EndNote Web Disadvantages Web based – working offline problematic No screen capture Clunky web capture applications Limited storing of full text objects

EndNote Commercial Software (Faculty - $199.99 & Student $ 99.99) PC Based Over 3,000 output styles Over 600 import filters – Potential Data Sources

EndNote Advantages Integrates with EndNote Web Utilizes SFX for location of Full Text Can Store Files Locally – PDF, Images, Tables, etc. Connections – Ability to Search Additional Features – Templates, Groups, customization, etc.

EndNote Disadvantages Poor/Clunky Web Capture of bibliographic data via No screen capture feature Sharing problematic Steep Learning Curve Cost

Mendeley Free Recently purchased by Elsevier so integration with Scopus & Science Direct Both Reference Manager, Social Networking Tool, & PDF Tool

Advantages Web and Desktop Sharing Integrates with Word Annotation tool for PDFs Importing of PDF and bibliographic data

In Conclusion… What do you want to do? Are you willing to pay? Cloud vs. PC or both? Storage Sharing Security

Putting It All Together Zotero – Use it to capture screens and whenever possible citation information. Use EndNote or EndNote Web for Creation of Bibliographies Use any for organizing locally stored Full Text (PDF’s)

Questions??? Thanks for Coming – Stephen McMinn

Hands-on Friday, November 2nd Brookens 141B Mendelay Demo/Hands-on -- 11:00 – Noon Zotero Demo/Hands-on - Noon—1:00 pm EndNoteWeb Demo/Hands-on - 1:00 – 2:00 Come learn use these tools to create bibliographies or organize your research.