Overview of Citation Managers
Any UW-Madison student, faculty or staff can use RefWorks or EndNote Web. They are provided for your use by the UW-Madison Libraries. EndNote desktop must be purchased individually from DoIT or the UBS Digital Outpost.
What are they?
Citation Managers like RefWorks or EndNote Web are software applications that will help you…
- Gather references automatically from article databases while you research
- Format manuscripts and citations instantly in a variety of styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.)
- Create and organize a personal research database of references, images and PDFs
- Share your databases with colleagues around the world
- Transfer references among RefWorks, EndNote Web, EndNote, and Zotero.
Which one should I use?
- Which is the right one for you? For your students?
- Compare features:
UW-Madison's EndNote/RefWorks/Zotero Comparison Chart - Talk to a consultant about your needs. See Help to the right.
Do you have any help for other citation managers?
- Papers (Mac citation program) - configure for use at UW-Madison
- Zotero (Zotero.org Quick Start Guide and other support)
- See Wikipedia's Comparison of Reference Management Software for extensive comparisons of many citation managers.
