If you’re already familiar with both pieces of software, you can skip to the end for info on how I made the switch. I’m a sucker for User interfaces and UX, so decided that was enough reason to give Zotero a go. It’s functional, but not exactly pretty, and it’s usability is crap on a smaller touch screen like my Surface Go. However, I’m just so sick of the Endnote interface which has remained basically unchanged since 2006. Shifting to Zotero would mean old manuscripts of mine would be incompatible and need all the references replacing, and there’s the time sink of getting it all setup. I don’t have a lot of impetus to move, to be honest. Some have done so, while some have continued using Zotero because they were already using it.
When my PhD students have started in the past, I’ve recommended them getting started with Endnote simply so we have compatibility when co-authoring manuscripts. I’ve gone from Endnote 9 in 2006 all the way through the X releases to the current X9.3.3. I’ve always been fortunate enough to get it through whichever institution I’ve been at during that time, so I’ve never actually bought it. I’ve been using Endnote since I started my PhD in 2006. But there are other reasons too – losing access when changing institutions (or when licensing changes and something becomes unaffordable) is a big one.
There’s multiple reasons for this the main and most obvious being saving money.
#Best format to export from zotero to endnote software#
A running theme of this blog (and my work in general) is in using freely available software when I can.
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