Mobile Apps for Zotero

This post is the motherlode as it's about two things I'm interested in, Zotero and mobile apps .  If you've read this blog before, you'll know that we plug Zotero, which is a free reference management software.  By reference management, I mean keeping track of your bibliographies and plugging the citations into your assignments and dissertations.  Until recently Zotero was only available as a Firefox add-on, but a stand-alone version has just been released.

Recently a number paid and free iPhone and Android Zotero apps have appeared. Here's a quick look at a few of them:

Zandy (Android)

Zandy allows you to access your Zotero library from your Android smartphone You can edit  and view your library, sync, and work offline. Zandy provides a simple interface to all your research. You can browse and modify the items in your library, as well as add new items to your library, all from your phone.

Zandy has been created  by one of volunteers working on the Zotero project and will cost you €2.94.


Scanner for Zotero (Android)

Scan the ISBN barcode on any book, and Scanner For Zotero will retrieve the book's bibliographic information from the web and allow you to add it to your Zotero library.

You can download the code or an Android installation file, or simply pay €1.46 for the App itself

BibUp (iPhone)

BibUp is an iPhone equivalent of Scanner for Zotero, with the added functionality of photographing specific pages to be collected, on which BibUp will even perform OCR.  BibUp weighs in at my favourite price: free.