Bibliographic Management Tools

We are sometimes asked by our patrons about the various bibliographic management tools available on the market, such as RefWorks, Endnote, etc. I pulled together a few links that give a good background regarding the subject of bibliographic software. The pages I link to range from very in-depth ones, some of which are continuously updated, to quick overviews, some in easy to read table form.

Here is a Berkeley site with nice tutorials, in depth descriptions of each program, FAQs and more. Discussed are EndNote, RefWorks, QUOSA, and Reference Manager.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html

There is also this detailed side by side comparison of several programs including RefWorks, Biblioscape, Bookends, Library Master, ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager, and Papyrus:

http://www.burioni.it/forum/ors-bfs/text/6e12400-42.html

Tufts also has a nice page comparing Endnote, RefWorks, and Reference Manager.

http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/education/endnote_refworks.html

For an overview at a glance here is everything about the main features of the programs put together in one big table (from a University of Washington page). Compared are: RefWorks, Endnote, Procite, and Reference Manager.

http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/citation_tools_comparison.pdf