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Law and Education Reform (ELHE760901)
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Law and Education Reform (ELHE760901)
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Citation Tools
Citation: APA

Zotero
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
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

ProQuest RefWorks
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
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