Hi,

thank you everyone for your feedback. It's good to have your thoughts esp as I've not used any reference manager system before (other than my own, which will no longer suffice!).

I shall give it some more thought. After your feedback I did, however, find out that you can backup Zotero to an external system, so I could put stuff on my extneral hard-drive. Whether that's the safest option I'm not sure. Plus, if it becomes an expensive commercial package there may be a problem. Hmmm.

I was interested to hear about the other open-source suggestions, so I'm looking at those too. 

Thanks again,

JTC

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Hi,

I hope that someone can help.

I need to start organising my references more efficiently and have been looking at Zotero. I've looked on PGF and there doesn't seem to be much said about it. Has anyone had experience of using both the more mainstream referencing systems (e.g. Endnote or Reference Manager) and Zotero, as it'd be great to hear the pros and cons?

I'm just starting my PhD and haven't established any referencing system yet, so some guidance would be good (although web access is essential and cost is a consideration). My sups don't have any strong feelings as one uses EN and the other uses RM.

Thank you for your help,

James the Cat
(chasing birds and butterflies for those of you who remember!)