For example, I have the pdfs attached to almost everything in my Zotero list. Zotero organizes the information academics use. This allows me to manage more complex relationships among the data easily.įinally, EndNote is a tool designed to remove a singular annoyance: the creation of a bibliography. Later, when I am interested in some new idea, I can effectively ask Zotero to show me what I have on topic X. This way, over the course of some normal day, I can find articles that do not relate in any way to something I am interested in now and I can add them to Zotero. From these, you can focus on a specific area of interest. Zotero likewise uses one big list as a base, but the real interactions with Zotero happen through tags and collections.
EndNote is made to work with one big list of entries and it places the burden of knowing relationships among the data on the user. I find that Zotero is built in this way.Īs an example, consider that EndNote (at least to my knowledge) doesn't do things like tag clouds or collections. The focus is on the ideas - the way information relates, organizes and works toward the creation of new ideas. To most academics (who I assume is the target here), the citation is simply a minor hassle. I think the power of Zotero is that it moves beyond the references themselves. Sure, EndNote can do these things - you can take notes for example - but it is an annoying process because of the broader focus of the application. EndNote is not really made to do things like note taking, reference organizing and project management and preparation. Consider that in EndNote, the list of entries is just that - one big list. EndNote simply removes an annoying task for the researcher conversely, Zotero enables the researcher. EndNote is designed for a focus only on the bibliography itself. Yes - EndNote, in my mind, is really a different beast.
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