BhavathariniArun wrote: ↑17 Apr 2020, 16:50
There are various reference management softwares available for reference management such as Zotero , Mendeley etc. In your experience which is the best to use as a beginner?
@BhavathariniArun
Hello Arun,
Personally, I suggest either Mendaly or Zotero, especially for the beginners. Although some universities offer EndNote for free, I believe that Zotero has certain advantages than EndNote.
Zotero is very easy to grab sources while surfing the internet through Chrome or Firefox. Its interface of sorting and storing the references looks better and more practical in my view.
Most importantly, it is free to use.
That being said, EndNote has some advantages over Zotero:
It has more reference types (like Dataset, Web page) that are not found in Zotero. Its styles are found almost for each Journal, while Zotero has relatively fewer styles, but you can add your own through custom tools.
I also tried Mendeley, I found it similar to Zotero as open-source and free, while its interface is alike EndNote, but the main benefit of it is that it indexes all the references in my computer, and give them a clear name. Another advantage that it enables markup on references, with its own tools.
I hope it helps.
Dr. Sai Krishna Gudi