Juris-M is a tool that helps you collect, organize, cite, save, and communicate your research, both individually and collaborating in groups, and is especially tuned for the legal community. Zotero is the same, but without the specific law-related tweaks that make accurate legal citation better. Zotero came first, and Juris-M is a fork of that project. The Zotero developers specifically recommend Juris-M for law-related purposes. Both use the same website for storage/syncing of data.

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• Juris-M helps you collect research with one-click: library catalog searches, library databases, booksellers, blogs, and just about anything else. When

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You need to backup your juris-m or zotero data regularly. Syncing with the zotero server is not the same as backing up, and should not be relied on. If you delete something accidentally and then your juris-m/zotero automatically syncs with the server, the data will be gone. To avoid this, follow these directions and backup regularly.read more

Regular zotero is a general purpose scholarly open-source citation and research manager. It is optimized for broad appeal and usefulness in all areas of scholarly research. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems, has plugins for Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and OpenOffice word processors, and works with Google Docs, email, and many other applications. You have a choice of using it with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. You may store data in any language, and the zotero interface and documentation are available in most languages (see the zotero language support pages for more information). Regular zotero will not,...read more