If you're doing research and need to organize your references, look no further: Zotero is the current best option. Tried Endnote? Refworks? Bookmark tagging software? They all fall short of Zotero. Why?
Zotero is a plugin for Firefox2.0 which means it's with you whereever you go. It doesn't just bookmark sites, it allows full content screen capture. It's got highlighting, notetaking, tagging, and a variety of other annotation features. And by far, it's depth in organizing your references will make them easier for you to find. Finally, it creates bibliographies and source citations in Word and soon, Open Office.
If this doesn't make sense to you, and you're not sure you want or will use Zotero, ask yourself the following questions. Have you ever written a research paper with source citations? Have you ever gone to a web site and bookmarked the site to come back later and find the site gone? If yes, you need Zotero.
Read Scott McLemee's review in Inside Higher Ed.
Watch this simple Zotero tour to be dazzled beyond belief!
Zotero is a plugin for Firefox2.0 which means it's with you whereever you go. It doesn't just bookmark sites, it allows full content screen capture. It's got highlighting, notetaking, tagging, and a variety of other annotation features. And by far, it's depth in organizing your references will make them easier for you to find. Finally, it creates bibliographies and source citations in Word and soon, Open Office.
If this doesn't make sense to you, and you're not sure you want or will use Zotero, ask yourself the following questions. Have you ever written a research paper with source citations? Have you ever gone to a web site and bookmarked the site to come back later and find the site gone? If yes, you need Zotero.
Read Scott McLemee's review in Inside Higher Ed.
Watch this simple Zotero tour to be dazzled beyond belief!
