Mendeley or Zotero: Which Should the Mobile Researcher Use?

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Abstract

Today's bibliographic managers provide cloud storage so that papers can be attached to 
citations and syncing services, in order for papers and citations to be available in multiple 
mediums. Mendeley and Zotero are two services that offer online storage of papers and 
citations, desktop applications, and tablet integration. Mendeley has an iPad application and 
an open API so that developers can create apps for Android tablets. Zotero is an open-
source project that encourages developers to create both iPad and Android apps. Both 
suites can be integrated with word processing software for accurate in-text and bibliographic 
entries, provide full-text indexing of PDF documents, and can attach notes to citations. 
Choosing between them depends upon what features a mobile researcher would need and 
use.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Charleston Advisor
Volume14
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2012

Keywords

  • Bibliographic manager
  • Citations

Disciplines

  • Library and Information Science

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