Citation management tools

• About citation managers
• Choose a citation manager
• Citation managers we support
• Ask a Librarian

About citation managers

Citation managers are software packages used to create personalized databases of citation information and notes. They allow you to:

• import and organize citation information from article indexes and other sources
• save pdfs and other documents
• format citations for your papers and bibliographies using APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, and many other styles
• include your own notes

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Choose a citation manager

• Citation managers used at the UMN compared
• What is a citation manager?
• Wikipedia's comparison of reference management software

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Citation managers we support

Contact us for support with the following citation tools or attend a workshop. 

EndNote Basic

•   Sign up for EndNote Basic
•   Learn about EndNote Basic

EndNote Desktop

• Purchase EndNote (U of M educational discount)
• Learn about EndNote

Mendeley

• Use Mendeley
• Learn about Mendeley

​Zotero

• Use Zotero
• Learn about Zotero

BibTeX users can find more information in our BibTeX guide. 

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