EndNote, BibTeX, Zotero: Managing Your References
Why Mendeley?
Mendeley is an academic social network and free bibligraphic management software for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It is compatible with Word 2016, LibreOffice, and BibTeX. Free apps for iPhone, iPod, and iPad are available.
A user must create an account to download the software and to install the Web Importer to import references from bibliographic databases and other sources. The Premium storage packages are not free, yet the free plan gives each user 2GB on the Mendeley servers, where bibliographic data is stored. A user is allowed to create copies of his library on his computer.
Mendeley is very effective to drag and drop PDF links in its window in order to import them.
To collaborate and communicate with other researchers, a user can create a network and join or follow public or private groups. He can also create an academic profile to disseminate his research.
Moreover, Mendeley suggests related papers according to the document consulted.
Styles
To format citations and bibliographies, Mendeley, Zotero, and Papers use the Citation Style Language (CSL), an XML-based language.
IMPORTANT: The Library does not develop French versions of the APA style for Mendeley. See the guide Logiciels de gestion bibliographique for APA styles in French available in the Zotero Style Repository.
- Zotero Style Repository8970 styles as of March 2018.
- CitationStyles.orgFind, modify, and create styles with the Citation Style Language (CSL).
- Search a Style by Example"If you don't know the name of the style, but know what the final citation should look like, you can use our search by example tool to find styles that most closely match."
You can also seach for the name of a style or for the title of a journal.
