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What is a Citation Manager
Citation Management Comparisons
Zotero
RefWorks
Other Citation Managers
How Do I Choose?
Citation Managers Poll
Which citation management system do you prefer/use?
EndNote
Mendeley
Paperpile
Papers
RefWorks
Zotero
Other
EndNote: 3 votes (12.5%)
Mendeley: 2 votes (8.33%)
Paperpile: 0 votes (0%)
Papers: 5 votes (20.83%)
RefWorks: 9 votes (37.5%)
Zotero: 4 votes (16.67%)
Other: 1 votes (4.17%)
Total Votes: 24
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What is a Citation Manager
Citation managers are tools that enable you to:
Easily save citation information from the library or the web
Organize your citations using folders & tags, or attach notes
Capture, store, annotate and highlight .pdf's
Format bibliographies in APA or other formats
Cite sources while you write while automatically generating bibliographies
Share your citations with others
Watch this video to learn more about Citation Management Tools:
Citation Management Comparisons
Comparison of reference management software - Wikipedia
Compares 29 different citation managers, including the citation managers discussed in this guide.
Ivey, C., & Crum, J. (2018). Choosing the Right Citation Management Tool: Endnote, Mendeley, Refworks, or Zotero. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 106(3), 399–403. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.468
Compares EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, and Zotero.
Citation Management Comparison Tool
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Citation managers are tools that enable you to: