Citation Management

Citation Managers Poll

Which citation management system do you prefer/use?

EndNote: 2 votes (22.22%)

Mendeley: 0 votes (0%)

Paperpile: 0 votes (0%)

Papers: 4 votes (44.44%)

RefWorks: 3 votes (33.33%)

Zotero: 0 votes (0%)

Other: 0 votes (0%)

Total Votes: 9

Citation Management programs can help you:

organize references, PDFs, and images
take notes on references and PDFs
format bibliographies and in-text citations in hundreds of citations styles, including APA
share references and collaborate on projects with colleagues
use your citations while you write

Popular/ Commonly used Citation Management programs:

RefWorks (free through the library)
Use your school email to create an account. Use Refworks to organize, annotate citations and attached PDF's, generate bibliographies, and use while you write with a plug in for your word processor.
Zotero (free, open source)
Download both the standalone software and a browser plugin for free, and only pay when you exceed a certain storage limit.
EndNote (basic version is free, from Clarivate)
EndNote comes in different versions: EndNote (desktop application, requires a one-time license purchase), EndNote Basic, and EndNote Online. Click here to learn more.
Mendeley (free, from Elsevier)
Download the free software to organize, annotate citations and PDFs. NOTE: if you downloaded Office 365 from The Chicago School, you will not be able to download the Word plug-in
Paperpile (paid, subscription)
Use the browser extension and web app to gather citations from any webpage, organize them, automatically download PDFs, and annotate attached PDFs.
Papers (paid, subscription)
Use the browser extension and web app to gather citations from any webpage, organize them, and annotate attached PDFs.

Click on the links on the left for more resources/ tutorials on using each of the citation management tools listed above.