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Citation Managers

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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zotero

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Mendeley

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Endnote

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Papers

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Zotero

 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

  Freemium 

  Popular citation styles

  Storage 2GB Free

  PDF reader

  Word processor plug-in

  Desktop/ Web Access

  Google Doc integration

  Sharing & groups

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Endnote

 Basic Free  CU

  Popular citation styles

  Storage 2GB Free

  Word processor plug-in

  Desktop/ Web Access

Papers

 View Pricing 

  Popular citation styles

  PDF reader

  Word processor plugin

  Desktop

 

 

Proxy and Off Campus Access

Many citation managers have functions like "find full text", "library look up", or "library access" that may be set up to use the CU Boulder Libraries off-campus access services. To set up, you'll need:

  • A valid CU Boulder identikey
  • Libraries links: URL https://colorado.idm.oclc.org/login?url=      BaseURL/OpenURL http://rp8jq9jy4s.search.serialssolutions.com/

Next, follow the prompts or help documentation from your citation manager, for example: Zotero.

*Adding these settings can sometimes disrupt on-campus use. Disable these settings if you encounter problems.