In Endnote, the default keystroke (on Windows) is alt+7, and on pressing it this window immediately appears whether Endnote is running or not: The biggest difference is in the in-word UI. ![]() Turning that column off does make things slightly smoother, but not a lot. I think it’s just loading attachment status for each entry, and that involves checking the disk apparently. Scrolling a large library is a little slower and jerkier in Zotero than Endnote, especially on the lower powered Surface Go. In Zotero, a double click on the reference will open the PDF in whichever PDF reader you choose. I much prefer to just double click and open the PDF in Xodo where I can mark it up and read it quicker. There’s nothing special about Zotero, but it is a touch cleaner.īut to be honest, I don’t really use it. The outline-based icons don’t gel with my personal preferences, and there’s just so many of them. You can see from the images above that Endnote is just a bit messier. I’ve tweaked Zotero to look a little more like Endnote than it does by default. Full disclosure: I’m not a power user of reference management software I chuck my PDFs in, then I cite them in word and make a bibliography, that’s about it. ![]() I’ll give some details below, comparing both programs. A big bonus is how easy it was to use Onedrive for storing PDFs, which was a little flaky on Endnote. Zotero is just as crap on a small touch screen (maybe even worse), but does look marginally better in use. It took a bit of fiddling to convert my Endnote Library and make sure everything was correctly transferred across. It’s been a stand alone program for a while now, so I thought ‘what the heck?’ I don’t like web apps or browser-based software, so avoided it. I’d avoided Zotero for years because it was, at first, mainly a Firefox plugin. If you’re already familiar with both pieces of software, you can skip to the end for info on how I made the switch. I’m a sucker for User interfaces and UX, so decided that was enough reason to give Zotero a go. It’s functional, but not exactly pretty, and it’s usability is crap on a smaller touch screen like my Surface Go. However, I’m just so sick of the Endnote interface which has remained basically unchanged since 2006. Shifting to Zotero would mean old manuscripts of mine would be incompatible and need all the references replacing, and there’s the time sink of getting it all setup. I don’t have a lot of impetus to move, to be honest. Some have done so, while some have continued using Zotero because they were already using it. When my PhD students have started in the past, I’ve recommended them getting started with Endnote simply so we have compatibility when co-authoring manuscripts. I’ve gone from Endnote 9 in 2006 all the way through the X releases to the current X9.3.3. I’ve always been fortunate enough to get it through whichever institution I’ve been at during that time, so I’ve never actually bought it. I’ve been using Endnote since I started my PhD in 2006. But there are other reasons too – losing access when changing institutions (or when licensing changes and something becomes unaffordable) is a big one. There’s multiple reasons for this the main and most obvious being saving money. The new references will be added to a collection named "Imported" followed by the date and time.A running theme of this blog (and my work in general) is in using freely available software when I can. In Zotero click the button that looks like a gear and choose "Import." Double-click the file you exported from EndNote. ![]() To export your EndNote library for use in Zotero click "File" and then "Export." Set the output style to "RefMan (RIS) Export" and save it as a text file. Set Import Option to "Reference Manager (RIS)" and click Import. In EndNote click "File" and then "Import." Click the "Choose File" button and select the file you just exported from Zotero. To save your Zotero library for importing into EndNote, click the Zotero button that looks like a gear and choose "Export Library." Choose RIS as the file type and pick a filename. ![]() (However, PDFs and other attachments do not export between programs.) Both programs can read and write a standard citation file format called RIS, which enables citations to be converted across programs. It's easy to use EndNote and Zotero together and take advantage of the best features of each, or to share Zotero libraries with colleagues using EndNote.
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