• About Citation Managers
• Help me 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 links to pdfs and other documents, and in some cases save the document itself
• format citations for your papers and bibliographies using APA and many other styles
• include your own notes

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Help me 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

The most common products used at the University of Minnesota are RefWorks, Zotero, EndNote/EndNote Basic, Mendeley and BibTeX. We maintain guides for each and have staff available to help you with each. We will always take questions on other managers, but do not claim to have expertise in them.

BibTeX

• Use BibTeX
• Learn about BibTeX

 

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

 

RefWorks (No longer available after July, 2017)

• RefWorks Transition Guide
• Use RefWorks
• Learn about RefWorks

 

​Zotero

• Use Zotero
• Learn about Zotero

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Ask a Librarian

• Email
• Workshop
• Tutorials

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