Thing 8: References

This is a "thing" that I wish I had had a long time ago. I would have saved lots of trees and lots of time keeping things filed.
I set up a RefWorks account several weeks ago, when the librarians first talked about it in their blog. I really like it. Most journals have an button and it works very well. I wouldn't say that it is easy to learn, but once you have the basics, it is good. The down side, is that if the online journal doesn't have a RefWorks button, it is more of a hassle to enter. The other downside, is that it is a paid subscription and I don't want to think about what it might cost me if the library ceases to pay for it.

For this thing, I also set up a Zotero account. This might rival Refworks for keeping track of varied information. It is easy to save websites, and other types of references, such as newpaper and magazine articles that are not in the usual medical reference format. It is nice to have a button in the URL to 'click and save". It is also free. And their April 1 post says that they are going to support other browsers soon.

I'm going to have to make a decision soon. But I do like using these to keep track of papers. I am going to work on massively decreasing the files that I keep.

Time Spent: 3 hours.