I appreciate this topic being in cpd23, as it's very timely coming at the start of the new academic year.
Firefox is my default browser at home where I tend to do most of my research, so a browser add-on seemed appropriate.
Remarkably easy to install and use, I like the variety of sources that you can add (useful in this brave new multi-modal world of learning) as well as the note facility. As I'm starting a course of study this will make life much easier than previous efforts at citing and bibliographies, invariably using well thumbed cards.
I'll probably check out Mendeley so I can comment knowledgeably on both to students who may want to try out other referencing software.
I also liked the search function of Citulike, picking up a nice feel for what people are reading in my specialism. However, on the prinicple that I will only need, and manage to use, one tool I decided not to sign up to this one, but to go back to it periodically and do a couple of searches to see what topics are being added.
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