Today I was looking at tools for referencing, I must admit this is the first time I've ever used them. I have tried all of these programmes, to have fair comparison and to see what each of them offers. The most important thing here is that they are free, so there is no excuse why students (and teachers and librarians) should not use them to enhance their work. A lot of our students struggles with referencing, so tools like that could really make their life easier.
Zotero – this citation manager is available as Firefox extension. I downloaded it and in just few minutes it was ready to be used. The tool helps designing, storing and organising bibliographic references- really interesting.
Mendeley - accessible through Facebook account however, the installation took few minutes to be completed. The program opens in new window and works independently. It is possible to attach it to our web browser, so anytime we come across interesting article or review we can simply add it to our Mendeley database. It is great for organising references in accordance to title, date of publication, author etc.
CiteULike - again, it accesses the information through Facebook account so it is very easy to log in. In seconds, we can find many interested articles from the database and connect with users interested in similar research field.
It is a great idea. With these tools, you can quickly add the article to our databases to be able to go through it again and have a complete reference ready to go to the bibliography. It saves time and most importantly, the tools are easy to use. Definitely something to share with my collegues and students!
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