Writing Help

I think that I will…

Yes or No

Best Product

Our Reasoning

Be working on more than one computer and in more than one location

        Yes

EndNote Online

Zotero

These are a web-based tool . As long as you have internet access you are ready to go.

I may not always have access to the internet

         Yes

EndNote

EndNote Online

These tools save to your computer and you always have access to them

A lot of my research involves searching websites & images.  I will need to save copies of webpages and images. These may include Amazon, Flickr, ArtSTOR

           Yes

Zotero

Zotero uses “snapshot” feature.  It  can find & format relevant citation information from a site. It is  great with web-based publications like newspapers.

I need share my citations with others.

            Yes

EndNote Online

Zotero

All allow sharing.

I am not great on computers yet and I may need a lot of help to get started

             Yes

EndNote Online

While we support as many of the products as possible,

we formally provide instruction & support for  EndNote & Mendeley.

I will be writing short papers right now, maybe requiring me to reference 5-10 sources and I am new to all of this

            Yes

EasyBib

zbib

CiteMe

These free tools easily allow you to format a reference on the fly and copy it into your paper.

I am doing extensive research and need to organize many references and PDFs

              Yes

EndNote

EndNote has no storage limit and allows great customization of all features of the product.