Citation Management Tools

EndNote

Cost: EndNote X9 $119 (discount price through UVa) - see http://www.cavaliercomputers.com/endnote.

Platform: Windows, Mac; has a syncing option through iOS and/or Web, iPad App

Strengths:

Good options for collecting, and managing citations, and integrating into manuscript or thesis.

Good integration with Microsoft Word for in-text citations, creating bibliographies and editing citations.

“Find full-text” tool.

Share databases (libraries) up to 100 people

6000+ predefined bibliographic formatting styles

Good option for major research projects can handle a large amount of references.

Great Customer support staff.

Weaknesses:

Limited portability for EndNote since the database primarily resides on computer hard drive, however, syncing is available through EndNote Basic.

Takes longer to learn.

Costs money

Cost: Free

Platform: Web-based.

Strengths:

Updates are seamless as it is web-based.

Can be accessed from any computer.

Easier to learn than the desktop version.

Weaknesses:

Limited reference and attachment storages.

Limited capabilities compared to EndNote X8.

Need Internet connection.

EndNote has excellent training videos at the EndNoteTraining YouTube Channel. We've selected a few below:

For help using EndNote:
Monday – Friday, 9am to 8pm ET
+1-800-336-4474, press 4
Submit a Technical Support Request

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