Part of the reason why I lost my previous library is due to the complexities encountered with working back and forth to harmonize the settings before and after the upgrades. When EndNote introduced EndNote X4 compatible with Word 2011 for Mac, I had to contact the university IT department to configure it for me. If you are the student who works with limited funds, Zotero is the program for you. What’s more, you can access your library offline so you need not to worry about Internet connection. Zotero is free for all.As long as you have the Mozilla Firefox browser, your library is secure. When the systems stop recognizing you as a student, you have to buy the program online if you have to continue using it. You enjoy the freedom of referencing using EndNote X4 up until your graduation. The University of Bergen pre-subscribes all students to EndNote X4, for free. So what did the magic? Here is my experience with both EndNote X4 and Zotero. As I write this, I have just submitted my assignment with all the sources, properly referenced. I remember receiving a brief orientation on Zotero on the first week of my new course, but quickly forgot to follow up as I settled in. “Why not shift to Zotero?” a classmate suggested as I painfully hurried to reconstruct the library. Yet that is what happened last week when the EndNote X4 library I had laboriously assembled failed to turn up – two days before the final submission of my class assignment. Give me a lower version of SPSS and I will not upgrade unless it breaks down or loses my files. I must begin by saying I am a very conservative person. Gabriel follows me on Twitter and told me that Zotero recently saved him from an epic thesis fail. This guest post is by Gabriel Oguda, who is studying for an MPhil in Health Promotion at the University of Bergen in Norway.
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