RefWorks

and Zotero

RefWorks

  • Create a shared account
  • Send citations from databases
  • Attach a document to a citation
  • Edit, create from scratch
  • Use Descriptors and/or Folders
  • Create a quick bibliography
  • Look at Write-N-Cite installation
  • Use Write-N-Cite
  • Online alternative to Write-N-Cite 
  • Import/Export 

Zotero

  • Download the Firefox plugin
  • Create a shared account
  • Send citations with PDFs
  • Attach PDFs separately
  • Capture a web page/report
  • Create a bibliography
  • Look at the Word Plugin
  • Import/Export

To-dos

RefWorks

Pros & cons

Zotero

Library and 1-800 ProQuest support
Easy availability via library computers
Forums instead of help line
Documentation uneven 
Write-N-Cite for Word Word Plugin
No automatic PDF capture, only Findit@concordia
Non-standard pages and citations not easily captured
PDF capture from many databases
Open Web page capture/snapshots
All features except Write-N-Cite are fully platform-independent Need Firefox or Standalone version for more advanced features and plugins
Syncing required, not all cloud-based
Can have multiple accounts per email but can only truly share full access to a  folder by sharing an account.  Only one account per email but a folder can be fully shared by multiple accounts.
Anticipated upgrade in Summer 2016

 

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RefWorks and Zotero

By susie breier

RefWorks and Zotero

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