Managing your bibliography

Isla KuhnReader Services Librarian, Medical Library

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARYMEDICAL LIBRARY

• Keep track

• Keep your sources safe

• Keep sane …

Referencing: boring(?) but important

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software

Which tools?

More? Others?

Similarities

Endnote EndnoteWeb Zotero Mendeley

Create folders/files

Attach PDFs/files

Link to full-text

Cost

Desktop element

Web element

Sharing

“Dynamic” organisation

Cite-while-you-write

Which tools?

• Endnote

• EndnoteWeb – www.myendnoteweb.com

• Zotero – www.zotero.org

• Mendeley – www.mendeley.com

Similarities

Endnote EndnoteWeb Zotero Mendeley

Create folders/files * * * *

Attach PDFs/files * * *

Link to full-text

Cost * * *

Desktop element * * *

Web element * * *

Sharing * * *

“Dynamic” organisation * *

Cite-while-you-write * * * *

• http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/toolbox/rmt.html Library Toolbox

• PDF-Xchange Viewer www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

highlight, annotate and work interactively with PDFs

• Delicious www.delicious.com

social bookmarking service that lets you save, tag and bundle useful websites

• Qiqqa www.qiqqa.com

storage and full-text searching of PDFs - interfaces with Mendeley

Help!

Isla Kuhn

Reader Services Librarian

Medical Library

email: ilk21@cam.ac.uk

phone: (01223) 336750

web: library.medschl.cam.ac.uk

Thank you.