Law and Education Reform (ELHE760901)

BC Zotero Guide

• Free & open-source
• Robust user community & documentation (no customer support)
• Sync desktop app with cloud-based account
• Store and organize records and PDFs
• Share citation records with anyone
• Plugins/Add-ons for MS Word, Google Docs, and Libre Office

Mendeley Tutorials

• Free: developed as OS, then bought by Elsevier
• Desktop app or Cloud-based (Cloud-based not enabled to export records to another citation manager)
• Auto-retrieval of citation info from PDFs
• Crowd-sourced citation database
• Influence metrics
• Plugins/Add-ons for MS Word, OpenOffice

BC RefWorks Guide

• Free to BC users and alumni as long as BC maintains account
• Web-based: use on any computer (Word plug-in local to your computer)
• Integrated with library catalog and most databases
• Share citation records with other RefWorks users
• Plugins/add-ons for MS Word and Google Docs
• New RefWorks has been buggy

Endnote Training

• Cost paid by individuals or BC departments or labs
• Desktop App
• MS Word and OpenOffice plugins
• Advanced functions for organizing, citing, and creating bibliographies
• Customizable
• Handles large numbers of references