Dentistry: Citing & Writing

We encourage students to use citation managers to help store citations, keep notes, and insert properly formatted citations and bibliographies into papers. Whether you use Sciwheel, Endnote, or Zotero, citation managers can make the research and writing process easier.

Each citation manager has its strengths and weaknesses. If you need help picking a citation manager, please consult the table below which provides an overview of each citation manager.

	(Desktop)
HSL Online Guides	EndNote	Zotero	Sciwheel (formerly F1000Workspace)
Classes at HSL	EndNote Classes		Sciwheel Classes
Cost	Under $100 through UNC-CH	Zotero is free	Free through UNC-CH
Notes	See EndNote Basic guide for further details on the free online version		Use this link to create account.  Select No, I'm a new user then select password.
How is it used?	Computer + Web	Computer + Web	Web
Major citation styles?
Annotation of PDFs
Locate full-text using UNC-CH subscriptions	Instructions for EndNote	Instructions for Zotero	Instructions for Sciwheel
Adds citation from a PDF
Sharing options	X7 and above users have sharing options / email compressed libraries	See group options here	Share unlimited projects and manuscripts
Free online storage	X7 and above: unlimited	700+ papers (more space can be purchased)	Unlimited
Word Processor	Microsoft Word	Microsoft Word LibreOffice (all)	Microsoft Word Google Docs Manuscripts for Mac

Consider your needs and decide on your priorities. Possible priorities:

• Cost: There is no cost to start using EndNote Basic, Sciwheel, or Zotero.
• Working without internet access: You can use the references stored in EndNote, or Zotero without being connected to the Internet. This feature is coming soon from Sciwheel.
• Storing PDFs: EndNote, Sciwheel, or Zotero allow you to integrate downloaded PDFs with your reference database. EndNote will search for available full-text when you are on campus and this is a very quick way to download and organize the full-text of multiple recent references.
• Working with a team: If you are joining an established team that has already chosen a particular reference management tool, it is a good idea to learn to use that tool. If you are just forming a team, look at the sharing features in Sciwheel and Zotero.
• Systematic Reviews: HSL librarians prefer EndNote Desktop or Sciwheel for systematic reviews. Both allow ingestion of large result files from multiple databases and provide deduplication options. View our FAQ on which citation managers work best for systematic reviews for more information.

Remember that you can move your references between programs, so if you don't like one program you can always switch.

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