Mendeley– is a bibliography manager and research support tool. It’s particularly popular among students, doctoral candidates and researchers preparing theses, scientific articles and literature reviews. The tool allows you to work individually and collaboratively: create groups, share publications and share research materials with other users. A free Mendeley personal account offers 2 GB of storage space for your own materials. You can create 5 private groups inviting up to 25 members to each group and share full text articles (PDFs) with them and take notes together.
Program functionalities:
Storing and synchronizing documents, creating thematic folders and groups and collecting literature in them.
Importing PDF files, adding documents and automatically downloading their metadata (author, title, journal, etc.).
Creating citations and bibliographies – automatic insertion of footnotes and generation of bibliographies in various styles (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver).
Selecting a bibliographic style from several thousand styles and the ability to change a given style.
Integration with text editors cooperation with programs such as Microsoft Word, so you can add citations directly while writing your work.
Annotations in PDFs – highlighting text, adding notes and comments to articles.
Cloud synchronization and team collaboration – creating groups, sharing publications and research materials with other users.
Scientific literature search – discovering new publications and monitoring specific research area.
Creating an account:
To create a free account visit the Mendeley website.
Plugins to install:
Web Importer – is a browser extension that allows you to instantly save scientific publications, books, and websites directly to your Mendeley Reference Manager library, without entering data manually.
Here you will find instructions for using the plug-in.
Mendeley Cite – allows you to cite, change style, easily insert footnotes in the text and automatically generate bibliographies without leaving the program.
Here you will find the instructions for using the plug-in.
Zotero – is a free bibliography manager that works as a researcher’s personal assistant. It automatically collects, organizes, and formats scientific literature, making it easier to write papers, insert footnotes, and generate bibliographies in programs like MS Word or Google Docs. To take full advantage of Zotero, you’ll need the latest version of your chosen web browser (Firefox or Chrome) and MS Word downloaded to your computer.
Program functionalities:
Organizing and sorting materials in any way you like, e.g. by creating “collections” and saving searches.
Automatic downloading of metadata (title, author, date, etc.).
Inserting references in the text and creating a ready-made bibliography in the selected style (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago).
Support for various file formats, including PDF, DOCX, HTML, allowing you to store full text articles, notes and other research materials.
Ability to import data from other bibliography managers and export your database to various formats.
Possibility of teamwork by sharing libraries and research materials with other users.
Creating an account:
To create a free account visit the Zotero website.
Plugins to install:
Zotero Connector – allows you to instantly save research sources, pages and files with one click.
Here you can download the Zotero Connector plug-in.
Here you will find instructions for using the plug-in.
EndNote – is an advanced bibliography manager from Web of Science that automates the process of collecting scientific materials, formatting footnotes, and creating bibliographies. It’s used to work with literature, facilitating publication writing and research collaboration. EndNote Basic is a reference management system available online only. The free online version is limited to 50,000 records and 2 GB of file storage.
Program functionalities:
Searching databases (e.g. Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar) directly from the program and importing bibliographic descriptions.
Automatic searching, downloading and completion of missing metadata and full texts of scientific articles (PDF) based on the DOI number.
Adding PDF files to records, automatically downloading full-text articles, adding notes, and highlighting text.
Searching and organizing the collected literature by creating catalogues (folders).
Automatic detection of duplicates and creation of intelligent reference groups.
Sharing entire research libraries with other users and tracking their changes.
Automatic creation of an appendix bibliography according to the indicated style.
If you are a registered user of the Web of Science platform, log in to the Web of Science and then click the My EndNote Web link to open your EndNote Web library.
Plugins to install:
Cite While You Write – allows automatic insertion of footnotes in the text of a Microsoft Word document and automatic formatting of the bibliography according to the selected style (e.g. APA, IEEE, Harvard).
Here you can download the free plugin and read the plugin manual.
EndNote Click – makes it easy to import full-text PDF files into EndNote with a single click. It allows you to automate the process of searching, downloading, and managing full-text scientific articles (PDFs).
Here you can download the free plug-in and read the plug-in manual.
