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DASA: Demographic & Social Analysis

This guide is intended for use by new DASA students - the 2024/25Entering Class

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Bibliographic Management Tools Comparison

 

EndNote

http://endnote.com/

Zotero

http://www.zotero.org/

Mendeley

http://www.mendeley.com/

Mobile Access EndNote Web has a mobile version. Login with your email and EndNote Web password. Third Party Mobile Apps

iPhone & iPad Apps

Android Apps

Type Desktop client and browser extension for Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera Desktop client and browser extension for Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari Desktop client and browser extension for Firefox, Chrome and Safari

Cost*

This may change, for the most up to date pricing, please check the website.

Free: 2GB storage 

(EndNote Basic)

One time purchase of $149.95 through the ThinkEDU online store

Free: 300 MB storage

$20/year: 2 GB storage

$60/year: 6 GB storage

$120/year: Unlimited storage

Other storage plans

Free: 2GB storage

$4.99/month: 5GB storage
$9.99/month: 10GB storage
$14.99/month: unlimited

Strengths

Numerous output styles     

Highly customizable

Can handle a large amount of references

Good for major research projects because it has the most options for customization and formatting

Excellent for organizing citation

Download of records is easy

Good for managing a variety of formats, including webpages

Downloads records for some databases that don’t work with Endnote and RefWorks such as Factiva

Manage PDFs

Share citations and documents

Social aspect, see what others are reading or citing

Pulls metadata from PDFs

Learning Curve Higher Learning curve Quick to learn, simple design Quick to learn, simple design

Zotero training - Reading Smart: Seamlessly Manage Your PDFs and Notes with Zotero

A video from the recent training session for how to use Zotero to collect references and also how to apply for notetaking begins around Minute 42.  Please visit Reading Smart: Seamlessly Manage Your PDFs and Notes with Zotero 

For additional information about each of the resources mentioned in the above grid, please visit the Graduate Student Support Guide under citation management.