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Citation Management

Citation Management Overview

Citations can get out of hand with complex research projects. Citation management tools assist researchers with collecting and organizing their citations.

Citation management tools allow you to collect, organize, and format citations for projects and insert citations and bibliographies within papers. Some commonly used citation tools include EndNote and Zotero. UCF Libraries provide support for faculty, students, and staff interested in using these tools. 

Comparison of Citation Tools

Features EndNote Desktop Zotero
Access

Free for UCF students, faculty, & staff -  request by submitting a Service Now form.

Free account @ zotero.org 

Includes web & desktop (Windows/MAC/Linux)
w/Chrome or Firefox browsers  

Cloud Storage Unlimited 300 MB
Citation Styles Common Styles Common Styles
Groups Share a group w/ up to 1,000
EndNote online users (Versions 25, 21 & 20)
Private or public groups w/unlimited Zotero users, but personal storage is used for group libraries 

Database 
& Browser
Imports

Citations & PDFs when available Citations & PDFs when available

(Chart includes some information provided by University of Florida Libraries & University of Pittsburg Libraries citation management guides.)