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Every so often, I am asked about the availability of reference management software. Usually this is by people who have come from the academic sector where site licences to things like Endnote are available. This is not usually the case in the NHS. I have been recommending Mendeley as a free reference management package. But now Zotero is available as a standalone package (in beta). Previously it only worked in Firefox, which was not an option for the NHS. It now supports Chrome and Safari, again not authorised for the NHS. Compatibility with Internet Explorer, the default browser of the NHS, is still awaited. However the desktop version operates independently of a browser.
Trying out the desktop version, I particularly like the fact that it becomes an addon to MS Office allowing citations to be added in a variety of styles. Bibliographies are easy to create, it is difficult to include abstracts.
I will definitely be recommending Zotero to library users who need a free reference management package.
