These are the most commonly used citation managers. They are useful if you are working on multiple projects at once that use the same citations, if you have a large number of citations you want to retain and use, or if you are working on a theses, dissertation, or a work for publication.
EndNote
- Free for MSU students, faculty, & staff.
- For Windows or Mac
- Organizes citations, take notes, and format references in Word.
- Store article PDFs and Figures
- Automatic PDF import and full text retrieval
- Integrates well with Web of Science
- Includes EndNote Web access for sharing
- Frequently used by MSU researchers
Mendeley
- Free
- Use to organize citations, take notes, and format references in Word
- Can store up to 2GB of article PDFs (5GB w/ MSU Institutional account)
- Emphasizes sharing: Social networking meets citation management
- Share citations, notes, and annotations
- On the Web and desktop version (Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad)
- Web browser import button
Zotero
- Free
- Use to organize citations, take notes, and format references in Word
- 300MB of storage (more for a fee)
- Firefox plugin or desktop version (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- Web browser import button