LibGuides: Jaipur Fulbright Conference 2024: Manage Your Research: Citation Management

Citation Managers

Learn more about citation managers here and below.

Why You Should Use a Citation Manager

A citation manager provides valuable assistance as you research and as you write. This tool is for:

Collecting bibliographic information for the sources you read and use.
Organizing the PDFs and other documents that go along with the citations.
As you write, formatting in-text citations or footnotes, and bibliographies.
Changing to different citation styles.

Also, you may use the citation manager to:

Import citations and documents using the assistance of software features and without typing in the information.
Create subgroups within the larger group.
Share with others.
Annotate records with your notes.
Support systematic reviews.

A citation manager helps you get organized and stay organized, and saves time with formatting final papers.

Which Citation Manager?

Any citation manager is better than no citation manager. Here we discuss the basics of the products most popular at UT.

Things To Consider When Choosing A Tool

	EndNote	Mendeley**	Zotero
Desktop app?	Yes	Yes - only Mendeley Reference Manager after 9/1/2022	Yes
Operating systems supported	Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Web-version?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cost	Desktop app: Search for "EndNote" at the Campus Computer Store $146 (students) $250 (fac/staff) $125 (EndNote 21 upgrade - must have existing product key) Online version "with Web of Science" is free to UT affiliates Online Basic is free to everyone	App: free Up to 2GB of cloud storage* free, $4.99/mo+ for more	App: free Up to 300MB of cloud storage* free, extra storage from $20/year
Allows shared library creation?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Allows PDF sync?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Word processor plugin?	Microsoft Word, LibreOffice (4.x, 5.x, 6.x only), Apple Pages, Google Docs with EndNote 21	Microsoft Word, LibreOffice (7.x (latest version))	Microsoft Word, LibreOffice (all versions), Google Docs
Support structure	Videos and self-guided resources, email, phone	Guides, forums, email, chat	Self-guided documentation and forums
UT Libraries provides workshops?	Yes, see workshops	Not currently, see Mendeley page for more detail	Yes, see workshops
After you leave UT, will you still have access to this tool?	Desktop app: Yes Online version "with Web of Science": No, but it will convert to an Online Basic account. Online Basic: Yes	Yes	Yes

* For more information on storage options, see the Mendeley and Zotero pages.

**The UT Libraries Citation Management Support Group will end support for Mendeley as of June 1, 2024.

Last updated: July 6, 2022 / reviewed Feb. 22, 2024

Zotero

Learn more about Zotero here and below.

Why "Zotero for Humanists?"

Zotero is a free and easy to learn tool that helps collect, organize, cite, and share information. However, Zotero does more than this: it helps the researcher manage their data––primarily journal articles, books/ebooks, videos, webpages, and all of the associated metadata––in order to preserve and sustain their project. The ideal data management scenario is long-term: resources that one can return to time and again, asking the same question in different ways, or new questions. Being pro-active in the management and maintenance of items and the connections between them is a best practice for supporting long-term use and survival of humanities research data and the products of research.

What is Zotero?

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

Create and manage citations of books, articles, videos, etc.
Import citations from databases, the Web, and the UT Libraries Catalog
Add searchable notes and tags to citations; attach and annotate pdf's
Quickly create a bibliography in multiple formats (MLA, Chicago, APA, etc.)
Automatically manage in-text citations
Easily share references with others