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Process: Citation Managers

Citation Managers

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Looking for a way to organize and collect citation details for your research? There are numerous citation management tools available. Citation managers will help you to store citations, generate reference lists, format in-text citations, and share readings with peers. This guide will introduce a few of those options and will provide tips for using them.

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Explore Several Options

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Zotero

website     support

 Freemium

  Popular citation styles

  Storage 300 MB Free

  Word processor plug-in

  Desktop/ Web Access

  Google Doc integration

  Sharing & groups

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Mendeley

website     support

  Freemium 

  Popular citation styles

  Storage 2GB Free

  PDF reader

  Word processor plug-in

  Desktop/ Web Access

  Google Doc integration

  Sharing & groups

download

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Papers

website     support

 View Pricing 

  Popular citation styles

  PDF reader

  Word processor plugin

  Desktop

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Endnote

website     support

 Basic  CU

  Popular citation styles

  Storage 2GB Free

  Word processor plug-in

  Desktop/ Web Access