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Reference Management Software

Reference Management Software (also called citation management or bibliographic management software)  interface directly with library databases (and many websites) and allow scholars to collect and organize their citations and pdfs. These tools also interface with word processing software to allow users to seamlessly insert properly formatted footnotes or citations into a paper and automatically generate a properly formatted bibliography.

Most Princeton scholars use one or more of these tools, which are supported by the library:

The Library has created library guides to help you get the most out of reference management software: