Should I start using EndNote software?

[Genecks]

EndNote is a reference management software.

 

I've noticed I keep reading science articles more and more. As such, I've considered that maybe I'll reference what I've read throughout the years. Not sure, but I've considered maybe I should keep track of them rather than just saving them all to the harddisk.

 

Thoughts? Ideas?

Buy? don't buy?

 

I know there is free, and or open-source software; but it doesn't seem to compare to the longevity and consistent use of Endnote.

Edited November 14, 2010 by Genecks

[ajb]

This is probably of no help to you, but in mathematics and physics we use LaTeX. There is the nice referencing called BibTeX. I keep one quite long list of references that I constantly add to.

 

Anyway, have a look at a comparison of reference management software on Wikipedia. Maybe it will give you a better idea of what choices you have.

Edited November 15, 2010 by ajb

[CharonY]

BibTeX is quite nice, Zotero (a firefox plugin) is free and very useful. Generally I found that indexing all read papers makes little sense as the library becomes so big that after a short while it is often faster to search for certain papers online again. I do have harddisks with several gigs of papers, though.

[the tree]

I have a physical notebook that I note down page numbers and quotes, URLs etc from stuff I'm reading. Sounds crazy when most of that reading is online, but y'know, it works.

[Mr. Gunn]

EndNote is a reference management software.

 

I've noticed I keep reading science articles more and more. As such, I've considered that maybe I'll reference what I've read throughout the years. Not sure, but I've considered maybe I should keep track of them rather than just saving them all to the harddisk.

 

Thoughts? Ideas?

Buy? don't buy?

 

I know there is free, and or open-source software; but it doesn't seem to compare to the longevity and consistent use of Endnote.

I don't know if you've tried Mendeley yet, but if you haven't, you should take a look. It's far more polished and modern in design than Endnote, and it's free.

[CharonY]

I tried to link Mendeley with Endnote but had serious problems. Also when trying to use it to reference papers it sometimes garbled up the author order. Though the newest iteration may have improved.