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2. Saving citations to RW (including web pages)3. Organizing your RefWorks library4. Creating bibliographies5. Cite in-text with Write-N-Cite6. Share citations with RefShare7. Import citations from EndNote into RefWorks8. Off-Campus Access to RefWorks
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What is a Citation?

What is a citation? A citation....

  • describes a book, journal article, website, or other published item
  • gives credit to the originator of an idea, thus preventing plagiarism
  • enables the reader to retrieve the item you refer to
  • includes the author, title, source (publisher and place of publication or URL), and date

A citation manager is a tool which helps you to store, organize and output your citations in the format you prefer.

 
 

Three Options for Citation Management

Here is a summary - see also the full comparison chart below.


Refworks
Easy-to-use web-based product available to all Princeton users (www.refworks.com). RefWorks allows you to import references from Princeton's Main Catalog and many electronic databases to which Princeton subscribes. You can conveniently compile a list of sources you intend to read--as you identify them--and save the list online.

Endnote
The leader among bibliographic managment applications. Endnote is a robust, locally installed (rather than web-based) application which can handle the book-length documents and complex scenarios but has a steep learning curve. Software and updates can be purchased at a discount from OIT's Princeton Software Repository.

Zotero
Easy-to-use open source tool (http://www.zotero.org/) that is accessible via the web—works right in your Firefox browser. Using Zotero, it is easy to capture and save citations found on webpages, and to add notes and other information to saved citations for efficient organization. Lacks the storage capabilities of Refworks and Endnote.

 

Comparison Chart

EndNote EndNote Web Zotero RefWorks Procite
Cost $13 from PSR
 Free to PU users Free Free to PU users
 $200
Web based access/storage
 No Yes No
 Yes No
Import references from online databases Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Store references online and share with others No Yes Not yet, coming soon Yes No
MS Word integration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create custom bibliographic styles Yes No No, but can import EndNote styles
 Yes Yes
Use Find it @PUL full-text links Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Requires online connection No Yes No Yes No
Other Available for Windows and MacOS Requires Firefox browser Available for Windows and MacOS
 
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