Reference Management Software for Legal Scholarship
Comparison of RefWorks, Zotero, Endnote & Legal Citation
Endnote v. RefWorks v. Zotero Chart - Yale University
RefWorks Resources
Access RefWorks via the University Library
Zotero Resources
Zotero Tutorial - Steve Bailey, Technology Coordinator, University of Colorado at Boulder College of Arts and Sciences Arts and Humanities Division
Getting Started with Zotero: a University of Michigan Library Instructional Technology Workshop (PDF) - University of Michigan Faculty Exploratory and Knowledge Navigation Center
Zotero Basics:
- Create references (1) manually (such as in Westlaw); (2) from database search results (such as in PubMed); (3) from Web pages.
- To each reference you can attach notes, tags, files, Web pages, files, screenshots.
- Drag and drop references into Word or WordPerfect documents.
- Connect to Zotero after opening Word document, then use "Add-Ins" tab to insert reference(s) and "insert bibliography" to add reference(s) to bibliography. [Must download and install Word citation plugin.]
Advantages of Zotero - It's free! Can capture Web page information and screenshots, as well as tag records, and it's much easier to use than Endnote.
Endnote Resources
Working With Endnote X2 - from UNC Health Library, the best quickstart guide. Text and videos.
The basics of Endnote:
- Create references 1) manually; 2)Online search of databases, such as Worldcat; 3) Importing citations from saved database searches, such as SSRN, Ebscohost, OCLC. Westlaw and Lexis must be entered manually.
- To each reference you can attach files, insert hot links to the web
- Access Endnote from within Microsoft Word to insert citations and automatically create bibliographies. Creates footnotes and endnotes.
Advantages of Endnote - Most options for customization and formatting. Some claim that Endnote is more reliable, especially if a problem occurs with Firefox.
links checked 9/09 (aeb)