Thing 5 Referencing

I really liked the Zotero website they provided step by step video tutorials for their product. The videos were easy to follow. Mendeley were not so open their video was just for promotion and the register and download now button was everywhere. This made it feel like the pressured sell, whereas Zotero made all their information readily available for perusal.

I did find a useful comparison table on Mendeley, the is given below:

http://www.mendeley.com/compare-mendeley/

As Mendeley have provided this comparison there is probably a small element of bias. The table shows that Mendeley and Zotero are very closely matched.

Both products look really good and I wish they had been around when I was writing assignments. I think I would personally use Zotero. It integrates well with word and allows a great deal of flexibility around the storing and organising of references. It also seems intuitive to use.

These products would be very beneficial for library users. Our NHS trust doesn't subscribe to a referencing tool at all so it would be great to recommend these free tools. They make the storing, sharing and organising of references very easy and also allow notes to be added to references.

All in all a very useful insight!