Literature Managing
- 1. Literature Managing —— Make your materials more productive By Zhao Yao
- 2. Litera. Managing is important Assistance – Hundreds, even thousands of papers to read in order to complete a full research project Efficiency – keep your papers in good order, in the way you want, fitting into your specific needs and habits. Convenience – make the references cited in standard publishing form
- 4. An Overview Commercial EndNote (by Institute for Scientific Information, ISI) Reference Maganer (purchased by ISI) NoteExpress (Chinese) Free of charge Mendeley Opensource JabRaf Bibus Zotero Key Functions Local ： build reference database——to add, modify, search, backup, import…… Web ： groups to discuss and share papers
- 5. Family of Litera managing tools
- 6. An instance - Mendeley was founded in Nov.2007, with its first beta version released in Aug.2008. Up to now, there are 40,000+ users along with 6+ million reference entries. Free of charge ， Multi-platform （ Windows ， Linux ， Mac ）， both desktop tools and web services Automatically build local reference database Search online to get full and accurate paper information Easy yet powerful functions to add, modify, annotate and import entries Web platform to share and communicate based on user accounts Features
- 8. Database building Search all local PDF files, get paper information, and add into the database. In addition, Mendeley can search online for more accurate information including keywords, abstract, web-links, through search engines like google scholar. All in one-click!
- 9. Usage and benefit View, highlight, annotate the .PDF file, as well as add tags and notes Sort the entries in a collection-based style Advanced search for author, title, publisher, etc. Batch-rename PDF files Export entries in standard bibliography forms Word Plugin , easy to use
- 10. Web services Online reference database , synchronized with your local database. New papers and new friends with real interactions . Import both reference information and PDF files through webpage into online database. Statistics and recommendation based on user accounts.
- 11. A comparison - Firefox plug-in One-key import from webpage, more accurate and convenient Better bibliography creating Timeline function
- 12. Summary Still there’re many other reference managing tools available, each one with its own features. As another example, Reference Manager combines database management with literature searching, without need to switch to an internet browser. It’s better to choose from one’s own needs and habits . Mendeley is an outstanding choice for its wide functions and easy-to-use interface design, though it is not an opensouce software. The ultimate purpose is to improve your research efficiency, and fun of course! Thank you!