Mendeley is owned by the for-profit publishing company Elsevier.You may also edit with another Mendeley user simultaneously. Mendeley’s PDF viewer has excellent, easy-to-use, built-in capability.has the strongest website and community platform. Your research content is primarily contained in PDF files: Mendeley has an integrated PDF viewer and can create citation records just from importing a PDF file.To make an appointment for help, see Zotero Help appointment button on your left.

In addition, the Libraries have more support available for the Zotero program. WUSTL Libraries has a helpful Zotero guide.For continuously updated Zotero information, downloading, and excellent help pages, and forums, check their website.*Pricing structure: Zotero follows the 'freemium' model: 300 MG for the free version with additional storage available for purchase.Zotero is open source and cannot be acquired by a company.Zotero has built in PDF reading and annotation tools.You can also enable the retrieval of PDF metadata, which allows you to create citation records just from dragging a PDF into Zotero.Zotero's single-click capture works with many databases and websites, and works well with many catalogs, including WU Classic, MOBIUS, and WorldCat (FirstSearch interface) It gathers citation records for non-PDF and PDF content.Remember that you can switch between the tools, it just becomes less convenient the longer you use a tool and the more file attachments you collect. You cannot go wrong choosing any of the tools, but it helps if you take a few things into consideration before starting.

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