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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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Citation managers we support

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

EndNote Basic

EndNote Desktop

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Mendeley

Zotero

BibTeX users can find more information in our BibTeX guide.