1. Citing Insights
sites to help you cite

2. Agenda citation management demo what tool should you use? Zotero
Mendeley
what tool should you use?

3. Citation Management

4. Citation Management
Larkin, K. T., & Klonoff, E. A. (2014). Specialty competencies in clinical health psychology. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
Brookhiser, Richard "Scratching the Six-Year Itch." American History 50, no. 1:  
Brookhiser, Richard. "Scratching the Six-Year Itch." American History 50, no. 1 (April 2015):

5. Which tool?

6. Which tool: considerations
why or ?
is the tool easy to learn?
is there a cost?
do you need to collaborate?
compatible with library resources
ability to store/manage PDFs
is there user support?

7. Live demos

8. Common features of software (1 of 3)
both are $free to use
manually add citations...
…import citations from various sources
direct from database, browser, and/or PDF
store citations in one location
sync across devices (online accounts)
web versions
manipulate citations
edit, annotate, search, organize in folders

9. Common features of software (2 of 3)
share citations
online, user groups, reading lists
centralized access to your research
citations & note
PDFs
Get it at Laurier
bibliography creation
paper-integrated, in-text citation insertion with MS Word plugin
neither creates perfect references

10. Common features of software (3 of 3)
each has online space limitations
import/export citations
Important for backups, switching tools, etc.

11. Conclusion Which tool should I really use?
you can’t go wrong with either tool
comparison chart
UofT comparison chart

12. Reasons to use Zotero Your research content is diverse open source
it is the easiest method to gather citation records for non-PDF and PDF content
ISBN, DOI, web pages
single-click capture works with more databases, catalogs, and websites than Mendeley's Web Importer
open source
can’t be purchased by a company
your data remains free

13. Reasons to use Mendeley
Your research content is primarily contained in PDF files
integrated PDF viewer
watch folder
create citation record by importing a PDF
stronger website and community platform
IOS and Android apps
not open source
owned by Elsevier

14. Thank you
Questions and Comments