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Citavi

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The University of Applied Sciences offers a licence for Citavi. The current licence runs until 31.03.2024. People who already use Citavi will receive an automatic email in good time before expiry asking them to renew their licence.
What is it?
Endnote is the market leader in literature management programmes in Europe. The administration of individual literature entries can be done either via a permanently installed programme on the computer and/or via an online account (Endnote Basic).
What special features does it have compared to other programmes?
Endnote contains over 6,000 citation styles, according to which the literature can be output as a directory.
Endnote is available for Windows and Mac OS.
Where does it come from?
It is based at the company Thompson Reuters.
What does it cost?
The full version is chargeable, but there are different price scales. You can find an overview of the prices at the German distribution company Alfasoft.
Download
Download for Windows and Mac OS.
Video tutorials
Complete tutorial Endnote X9 (Youtube)
Team Projects Citavi and Endnote (Youtube)
Edit citation style in Endnote (Youtube)

What is it?
With the combination of a web account and a desktop programme, Mendeley offers a literature management system that can also be operated via tablets and smartphones using an app.
What special features does it have compared to other programmes?
Originally, Mendeley was more of a social science network with a way to share literature for projects. The connected community is correspondingly large, in which one can exchange ideas.
Where does it come from?
Mendeley has been part of the Elsevier publishing group since 2013.
What does it cost?
The basic version of Mendeley is free of charge. Here you can access the download. Certain functions must be purchased as a premium account.

What is it?
RefWorks is a literature management programme that is mainly used in English-speaking countries and is primarily designed for joint literature management (e.g. in a team / within a project).
What special features does it have compared to other programmes?
It is completely online-based, access to the literature is possible from any internet access.
Where does it come from?
RefWorks is a product of the company of the same name from the USA.
What does it cost?
RefWorks is mainly licensed through institutions, but it is available for purchase by individuals on an annual contract -. more details here.

What is it?
Zotero is a plug-in for Firefox. In the meantime, this plug-in has been extended by an additional programme (Zotero Standalone), with the help of which Zotero can also be used in Google Chrome and Safari.
What special features does it have compared to other programmes?
As a plug-in, Zotero is strictly speaking not an additional programme that has to be installed, but the data is taken directly from the browser through which the search is carried out.
Where does it come from?
Zotero is an open source application and is further developed within a community.
What does it cost?
Zotero is free of charge. Click here to go to the download.

Other software

There are some other literature management programs which we will briefly introduce here.

Additional links

Here you will find further literature management programs, some of which you can use free of charge.


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