Which one do you prefer and why?
Kindly need your input - advantages and disadvantages of these?
Edited with "Citavi" on 12.02.2019
There are many factors to consider.
Undergraduate students are looking for the fastest and easiest option which lets them take citations and produce bibliographies.
Graduate student or a faculty member have different considerations: the software needs to work well with the databases they use frequently, it must be able to organize and filter citations, and it should be able to produce a bibliography.
Members of research team want to make sure the software allows them to collaborate with colleagues.
For Comparison see: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/ld.php?content_id=11412222
I have worked with Mendely and EndNote, I think Mendely is faster.
As well, I am agree with Gopikrishna Nidigonda , Mendely installed on your pc easier and more user-friend.
I downloaded Mendely couple of years ago and tried to use, however, didn't like it much. So, before that I could go into further details of this software I gave up.
Finally, I was suggested to use EndNote and I appreciate its feature of "Cite While You Write" which is absolutely a great thing!
I wanted to know if any other software than EndNote having better features as we have to buy EndNote to use it?
So far I am of the same opinion as Dr. Nada, Dr. Mutasem and Dr. Isam to use EndNote.
Any further comments with a bit details of features of other software would be great specially from those who have used them.
Thank you, Dr. Florian. It is a good comparison. All three software other than EndNote are easy-to-moderate but in terms of citation style modification all three are behind the EndNote. As in Zotero it is difficult to modify, RefWorks does not support to add new styles and in Mendeley it is also difficult to modify styles.
However, Zotero and Mendeley take a lead in terms of free software.
Thank you!
For sure Endnote is the best, but honestly i tried EndNote and Mendeley only.
Dear Zeeshan,
See the following link to know the strengths and weaknesses of each reference manager:
https://guides.lib.virginia.edu/referencemanagers
Best academic research tools referencing and citation..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S89SOtkBMAQ
Best academic research tools referencing and citation..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S89SOtkBMAQ
I prefer Zotero because it is the only research tool that automatically senses content in your web browser, allowing you to add it to your personal library with a single click.
It depends on university. May be personnel choice.
UCD and University of Newcastle prefer and follow EndNote.
I tried out a few reference managers (Citavi, Zotero, and some less known others) during my studies and while I was working on my PhD.
The one I ended up sticking with was Mendeley, for a few reasons.
Among the free tools I think it's likely the best one, not only because of the reference management possibilities it offers, which can be a bit difficult to adjust to at first, but also because of how it's developed. It lends itself very well to being integrated into other software, particularly Text editors.
That's why, when we founded SciFlow, an online text editor created to help scientists write and publish their work, we even decided to integrate Mendeley into our Web Application, so you can collaborate to write and cite entirely from the same software.
You can find us at https://www.sciflow.net/mendeley
Another reason I favor Mendeley is the network they've built. If you connect yourself well within it it, you can obtain some very useful data and research.
Regards,
Carsten
Is it worthy to learn Endnote software? I do the referencing of my articles manually and the process is a real burden so does Endnote carry this burden?!Also if I want to change the citation style of my article from one style to another does the software make it easier than when I do it manually?Thanks for your feedback!
Currently I am using EndNote X9 capabilities for Walden DBA study, program evaluation, and portfolio; seems more integrated and robust with organizing articles into groups, but wonder if collaboration benefits gained by including Zotero and Mendeley communities sharing research topics, exchanging articles, and member forums . . . ?
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