I really like this session of 23 things for Professional Development. To be able to keep all your resources together like that is incredible. I have used the tool in Word many a times where you can insert your citation and then insert your bibliography at the end of your paper. This has always been a useful tool, but these tools are much more advanced, and much more responsive.
First of all I would like to start with the CiteULike. I really thought this tool reminded me alot of a tool called print what you like. This could be a very useful tool for a collaborative project, and the lack of a desktop element is great. Here in our Library we do not have administrtive rights to download things, so this is definetely a plus.
I like Mendeley, for it's organization features. I really felt that it is a very well thought out program, and that you can easily organize all your files to be used. I also liked the Word compatability. I realize that most things can be manipulated to be used in Word, but I like the co-existing that was present.
Lastly, I was obviously unable to use the Zotero tool because of our setup, but watching the tutorial, it really looked like a Great tool as well.
Working in an academic setting I will be definetely referring students to these sites! Although I am not writing a lot papers that need to be cited or have references, our students are! All of these are quite useful, and now that I have background on each one, I will be able to help students decide which one will work best for them.
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