Beyond Dr. Google with Michael Francavilla, MD Reference Managers for education and writing And why Mendeley is the best choice for most people Reference Managers: How they can help you

• Manage (organize and remember) articles you’ve read • Instant access via web, mobile, or personal laptop • Save annotations • External brain • Easy reference management when writing papers Major reference managers • Mendeley • EndNote • • Faculty of 1000 • Papers • Refworks Reference Managers: How they can help you

Learning Quick access to your favorite articles Repository of all articles you’ve read Teaching • Create a set of articles to share with rotating residents • Provide impromptu mini-lectures with data and figures drawn directly from articles Writing Effortlessly manage references Share articles with colleagues Major reference managers

• Mendeley • EndNote • Zotero

• Faculty of 1000 • Papers • Refworks

Major reference managers compared

Mendeley EndNote X8 Zotero Price Free ~$250 Free Access Desktop app; website Desktop application; Desktop app; Firefox () Online sync; website plugin; website (only citations) Online storage 2,048 MB - 200 MB Private groups Yes Yes Yes (per library) PDF capability Yes Yes Yes Highlight/annotate PDFs Yes Yes No Easily share cited papers Yes Yes No Web import Citations, some PDFs - Citations, most PDFs Mobile app iOS/Android iPad only iOS/Android Which to choose?

• Free, ample online storage, strong PDF capability, and web importer make Mendeley a good choice for most

• Use any to its fullest

• Some steps specific to Mendeley; general concept widely applicable

Finding articles with Dr. Google Go to scholar.google.com 1. Enter your search terms 2. Press search Notice that few results currently have full text PDF links To add more links via your library, click on the arrow Click Settings Click Library links Enter your library and save Without and with Library Links Click any Related articles link to find more Original results and related articles results Adding a citation to Mendeley Beyond Dr. Google with reference managers Click on the Mendeley icon from an article Sign in to Mendeley with your credentials Click Save PubMed works great, too! Adding a PDF to Mendeley Open the Mendeley Desktop application Choose or create a folder (optional)

• Folders help organize content • New folders can be added with this icon Drag the PDF into the Mendeley window Adding a book chapter to Mendeley Go to scholar.google.com Search for the book and choose the edition Click on the Mendeley icon from an article Mendeley webpage Citing articles from Mendeley From Mendeley Desktop, choose Tools and then Install MS Word Plugin Open word doc and choose the Add-ins tab Place cursor in desired location and click Insert or Edit Citation Search for and choose 1+ references

Search for: • Keywords • Author names • Article title • Terms from abstract • Publication date Insert bibliography Place cursor where desired and click Insert Bibliography