LibGuides: PMP Program Summer 2024: Citation Managers

What are citation managers?

At their simplest, citation managers are programs that allow you to:

Additionally, most of them have additional features such as the ability to:

Most citation managers are either cloud-based applications or standalone software which must be downloaded and installed.

Keeps track of your citations for you
Ability to create and export an accurate APA reference list with the click of a button
Can create specific reference groups for each project that you're working on
Share references with colleagues

EndNote Web Guide
This guide was created by CSUF librarians and features help on installing and using EndNote Web as well as instructions, videos, and product updates.
EndNote Web
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EndNote Basic Comparison
This page contains a chart comparing EndNote Web (also called EndNote Basic) and EndNote Desktop.

EndNote
CSUF students can download EndNote through this page from the IT Department.
EndNote Guide
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Zotero guide
This guide was created by CSUF librarians and features help on installing and using Zotero, as well as instructions, videos, and product updates.
Zotero support
Customer support and documentation from Zotero

Compare citation managers
	EndNote Basic	EndNote (Desktop)	Zotero
Description	Web-based service that helps you collect, organize, share and cite sources	Citation management software that helps you collect, store, organize and cite sources	Web-based tool and standalone software that helps you collect, organize, share and cite sources
Best For	Smaller research projects, and when internet access is more reliable than access to a specific computer	Large research projects (thesis, book) written using your own computer	Small or large research projects
Cost	Free for everyone	Download from SEARCH LINKS OF IT DEPTS	Free for everyone
Sharing	Yes - create groups to share lists	Yes - through included Endnote Web account	Yes - set up groups, share libraries
Mac / PC	Both	Both	Both
Download software?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Work offline?	No	Yes	No
Integration with worth processors?	Yes - create in-text citations and bibliographies with Cite While You Write plug-in for Word	Yes - create in-text citations and bibliographies with Cite While You Write plug-in for Word	Yes - download plugins for Word and OpenOffice to create in-text citations and bibliographies
Import citations from databases?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unique Features	Add a toolbar in Firefox to save online references directly into your library	Options to define custom citation style	Easy to add sources from the Web; only major open source option