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Comparing Endnote, Zotero And Mendeley Reference Management Software

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Abstract:
A personal bibliographic database which holds the information about each book, chapter, article, or any other type of material which you have read or used as part of your study and research can be built by a Reference management software. The user can download records for material which he had read from online searches and can use the software to insert references into the Word documents. According to the chosen style the software will format the citations and bibliography. In this paper we are going to compare Endnote, Zotero and Mendeley reference management software’s based on their capability of generating accurate bibliographies and their features.
Introduction:
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A reference manager allows you to perform the following
It allows you to search for a particular reference which you need to refer back. print or save a list of references insert citations into your document automatically produce a bibliography in whatever style you require
Import citations from bibliographic databases and websites
Allow annotation of citations
Allow sharing of the RM database or portions thereof with colleagues
Allow data interchange with other RM products through standard metadata. Work with word processing software to facilitate in-text citation

Literature review:
After the development of the Reference Management Software (RMs) the research landscape has witnessed a bigger change. People have moved from the PC revolution of the 1980s to the World Wide Web and finally Web 2.0 (O 'Reilly 2005). The traditional RMs were developed for desktop which required floppy disk and they had some major features that are available in present day RMs. They exhibit features such as organizing references, storing references and creating bibliographies in a variety of styles and also had a feature of word processing integration (Warling 1992). In today 's world of open-source and Web 2.0 start-ups, there is a corresponding emergence of RMs that are tailored to the demands of users with different needs and expectations. In today’s world there is a greater demand for the RMs. The platform where one author produces content for many has been

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