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Want to talk to someone for additional help and support? Contact your liaison librarian!
Upcoming RefWorks Cancellation
The UA Libraries subscription to RefWorks will end on February 28, 2021. All users who want to keep citations and PDFs stored in RefWorks must transfer them to an alternate citation manager by February, 2021. For more information on transitioning to another product - please click on "RefWorks" in the left side navigation.
About Citation Management Tools
What are Citation Management Tools?
At their most basic, citation management tools help you collect articles, books, webpages (and lots more) for use in research & format and create bibliographies using a particular citation style (APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more) to export into a research document. More advanced features in citation management tools allow you to:
Link to & store source materials
Insert in-text citations and bibliography entries while writing in a word processor.
Collaborate with others.
Annotate within PDFs.
3 Minute Intro to Citation Management Tools
What Tool Should I Use?
UA Libraries currently provides limited help and support for these three citation managers:
Mendeley
Zotero
EndNote (including EndNote Basic)
All provide the same basic features: save citations, organize them into folders or libraries, and generate bibliographies and citations as you write.
To decide which tool is right for you, review the information in this guide and talk with people in your department about the tools they use and why.
Consider setting up an account on one of the tools and try it! Once you choose a tool, know that you can always change your mind; sources can be transferred between tools. (Please note that attachments don't always transfer.)
It may also help to make an individualized appointment with a liaison librarian at the Main Library or the Health Sciences Library (HSL) to learn more about choosing and using citation management tools. We are here to help!