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Reference Management
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What do reference management programs offer?
Reference management programs can help you (depending on the program):
- Clearly organize and sort your references from library catalogs and databases
- Quickly and easily cite in your texts
- Quickly and easily compile and export a bibliography
- Format references in your preferred citation style
- Easily coordinate work in teams
- Create and organize notes, excerpts, and categories for your references
The University Library’s Primo Knowledge Portal supports the RIS format used across the different platforms (click on the title in the result list, click on Details in the menu > Send to export/citation)
Overview of selected reference management programs
| System | Features | Requirements for use | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citavi (free campus license for TU members) UB courses |
Program: Local system (single user), projects: can be saved locally and in the cloud, easy to use, advanced features, easy integration into Word Focus: reference management, knowledge organization |
Windows Use with Mac only possible via a virtual machine At least 1 GB RAM, 4 GB recommended |
Full version free for TU members (campus license) |
| Zotero UB courses Help with Zotero |
Local (single user) and web-based, Easy to use, Different apps & tools via API |
Windows, Mac, Linux Web: platform independent |
Desktop version: Free of charge, Web version: first 300MB of file storage free (PDFs etc.), additional free storage via tubCloud |
| Endnote | Local (single user) and web-based, streamlined, relatively technical, Collaboration possible using Endnote Online |
Windows, Mac. Endnote Online/Basic: platform independent | Full version: reduced price for TU units Student price starting at 127 euros. Endnote Basic: free of charge, advanced functions available to TU members |
| Mendeley | Local (single user) and web-based, Integrated reference management and academic network (with focus on the natural sciences), Different apps & tools via API |
Windows, Mac, Linux. Web version: platform independent | Desktop version: free of charge Web version: first 2 GB free |
| JabRef | Local (single user) and web-based, Easy collaboration with different LaTeX editors, Allows you to keep track of what you read and assign ranking, relevance, and priority values, Collaboration only possible via a joint SQL database, |
Windows, Mac, Linux Web version: platform independent |
Free of charge |
Reference management - materials for independent learning
We have put together introductory videos, exercises, and other materials about Citavi and Zotero as well as reference management programs in general to help you learn how to use these tools on your own.
Reference management at home - independent learning materials
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