Overview of Citation Managers

Any UW-Madison student, faculty or staff can use RefWorks or EndNote Web. They are provided for your use by the UW-Madison Libraries. EndNote desktop must be purchased individually from DoIT or the UBS Digital Outpost. You do not have to be affiliated with UW-Madison to use Zotero, a free, open source Firefox extension.

What are they?

Citation Managers like RefWorks or EndNote Web are software applications that will help you…

• Gather references automatically from article databases while you research
• Format  manuscripts and citations instantly in a variety of styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.)
• Create and organize a personal research database of references, images and PDFs
• Share your databases with colleagues around the world
• Transfer references among RefWorks, EndNote Web, EndNote, and Zotero.