When you start finding relevant research articles, you'll want an easy way to store and access them. That way you can refer back to them and cite them in your own publications. Citation managers help you to save, organize, and share your citations (references). Citation managers allows you to:
Ask around and see what your classmates, advisor, and colleagues use. If it's varied or they don't know, we recommend Zotero.
Developed by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship, a nonprofit organization, Zotero follows a freemium model. Zotero offers 300 MG of storage space for free and additional storage space for a subscription fee. Zotero allows you to:
Developed by ProQuest, RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that requires an institutional license. Stanford Libraries maintains an institutional license. Use your Stanford email to create an account. RefWorks allows you to:
Developed by Elsevier, Mendeley also follows a freemium model. Mendeley offers 2GB of storage space for free and additional storage space for a subscription fee. Stanford Libraries maintains an institutional license, which provides students, staff, and faculty with additional storage space and enhanced functionality regarding shared folders. Mendeley allows you to:
Developed by Clarivate Analytics, a for-profit company, EndNote offers a free web app (EndNote basic) and a desktop app (EndNote 21) that requires a one-time purchase. EndNote allows you to: