Manage Your References

Build and manage your personal database. Create, format and edit bibliographies.

EndNote (notes) | EndNoteWeb (notes) | RefWorks (notes) | CiteULike (notes) | Connotea (notes) | Papers (notes) | Zotero (notes)

 

Endnote is a software application designed to store and manage personal databases. Bibliographies retrieved from electronic databases are imported by EndNote, creating a library which can then be searched, processed and used as a bibliography maker.

Access online training here.

 

EndNote Web is a Web-based service designed to help students and researchers through the process of writing a research paper.
Learn more with the Tutorial and get Help. Join EndNoteWeb at MyEndNoteWeb.

You will enter first the "Getting started with EndNote Web" screen. It is recommended to study the options and features.
In order to format a bibliography, you will need to download and install the "Cite While You Write Plug-In".
Check what's new in EndNote Web. With EndNote Web you can:

• Search ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and hundreds of library OPACs directly
• Import references from hundreds of online bibliographic databases and organize a library of references in many languages (see notes on Unicode compatibility)
• Access functions quickly with the easy-to-use interface
• Store up to 10,000 records per EndNote Web account
• Track references in multiple groups
• Simplify collaboration with colleagues—share EndNote Web groups and view groups shared by others
• Edit references—add notes, keywords and more
• Use over 3,200 publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies
• View up to 50 references per page
• Cite While You Write™ in Microsoft Word (requires plug-in) to insert references and format papers instantly
• Format papers in other word processors using RTF (rich text format) files
• Use EndNote Web toolbars in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla® to access your reference library in one click, and capture citation data easily (requires plug-in)
• Easily transfer references to and from EndNote (EndNote X.0.2 and up). Export/import to previous versions.
• Create lists of "favorites" for online connection files, import filters and publishing styles

 

RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool, designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. Learn more with the Tutorial.

Get started with Quick Start Guide
Sign up for an individual account at RefWorks

CiteULike
Citeulike is a free service (sponsered by Springer) for managing and discovering scholarly references.

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Connotea
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Free online reference management for all researchers, clinicians and scientists. Completely free, no download.

• Save and organize links to your references
• Easily share references with colleagues
• Access references from any computer

Papers bundles all the great technologies that come with Mac OS X to give you a completely new workflow for reading scientific articles. You seek, download, archive, and organize all your articles within a single application. But that is just the start, using spotlight you instantly find the paper you are looking for. Read it fullscreen, add your notes, send a copy to a colleague.
These are just a few of the many features Papers offers.

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.