Keep It Together:

Organizational Tools to Manage Your Research and Citations

October 24, 2013 Jordan Jefferson jordan.a.jefferson@yale.edu

Where are we going?

What Are R&C Management Tools and Why Do We Use Them? Considerations Quick Overview
EndNote RefWorks Zotero Mendeley Evernote

Finding the Tool(s) to Fit Your Needs

How do I manage all of this stuff?

Considerations
1. Format/ Cost 2. Learning Curve 3. Importing Metadata 4. Pdfs and Websites 5. Organization 6. Integration with Word

Desktop Client, Web Interfacte, and iPad App- PC & MAC.

No charge for the Yale Community.

Takes longer to learn robust support and training options. Search online and compatible databases through EndNote. Can add references from Google Scholar

Find Full Text, add PDFs through Yale Links. Web Capture Tools Group reference by project- Sync EndNote and EndNote Web Plug-In: Cite While You Write

Web Based and Mobile site

No charge for the Yale Community. Relatively steep learning curve many helpful tutorials and guides
Search compatible databases through RefWorks. Some databases have export function.

Attach PDFs to reference. Install RefGrab-it to pull metadata from websites Create folders and subfolders

Plug-In: Write-N-Cite

Web based plug-in for Firefox. Standalone for Firefox, Chrome & Safari Free- Open Source Easy to learnlimited formal support/training Automatically determines collectable content on the web. Add to library with one click.

Auto-captures PDFs, web content, urls and media/images

Organized similar to iTunes playlists- Create collections and subcollections Plug-Ins for Word and Open Office. Drag & Drop in email and Google Drive.

Desktop Client, Web Interfacte, and AppPC & MAC. Free- Open Source

Drag any PDF directly into Mendeley from your desktop or folders
Create folders and tags . Annotate and search in PDFs

Easy to learnComprehensive Youtube Channel Can import citations from databases and web pages using the Web Importer.

Plug-Ins for Word and Open Office.

A Note About

Which one is right for you

 Yale Law Library, Research Management and Citation, library.law.yale.edu/research-management-and-citation Yale University Library, Citation Management, http://guides.library.yale.edu/citationmanagement Georgetown Law Library, Bluebook Citation Resources, www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/citationtools/bluebook.cfm