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Citation Managers: Citation Managers

A guide to some popular citation managers for collecting, organizing, and citing references

Choosing a citation manager

Citation Managers

When you want to:

Organize and save citations/articles
Share citations/articles with colleagues
Create in-text citations
Generate Reference Lists
And more!

Consider One of These:

	Zotero	Mendeley	EndNote Basic	CiteThisForME
URL	zotero.org	mendeley.com	endnote.com/basic	citethisforme.com
Pricing	freemium	freemium	free	freemium
Citation Styles	all common styles	all common styles	most popular styles	all common styles
PDF storage	automatically	automatically	manual upload	no
Word Processor Plug-Ins (in-text citations, bibliographies)	yes	yes	yes	not free
Web-Based Access	yes	yes	yes	yes
Desktop Synced Library	yes	yes	yes	no
Google Docs	drag & drop citation	drag & drop citation	no	no
Generate Reference Lists	yes	yes	yes	yes
Direct import of RefWorks Library	yes	yes	yes	no

Note: Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote Basic are comparable to RefWorks in their features for organizing and saving citations. CiteThisForMe is best for generating a one-time Reference List.