Citation managers
Citation managers enable you to organize the citations you find by importing them from the University Libraries’ databases and the web and placing them in folders. When you write your paper, you can use a plug-in in Word that has been provided by the citation manager to insert brief citations in the text of your paper and to prepare a bibliography in the format of APA, MLA, Vancouver, and individual journals. As you enter the brief citation, the reference list begins to build automatically.
The following citation managers, with the exception of EndNote Desktop, are web based and include the 
button in the citation record. Clicking on “Get it @ R"” will lead you to the article in full text/pdf. All citation managers give you the opportunity to attach a pdf copy of the article as well as any other file you choose to the citation record.
As you begin to feel comfortable using more than one citation manager, you may import/export citations from one tool to another.
The citation managers each have a tool you may download into your browser toolbar that will enable you to create a citation for a website. You can move it to an appropriate folder as part of the citation creation process.
- Citation managersInformation about citation management tools
RefWorks
RefWorks
With the financial support of the Rutgers-Newark Dean’s Offices, the University Libraries can offer the opportunity to import citations to RefWorks from almost all journal index databases and the Online Catalog. The only exception is Web of Science which requires the use of EndNote Online. The process of exporting citations to RefWorks is easy.
For more information about RefWorks and to connect directly, go to Research Tools and Services.
Additional resources:
LibGuide by Rutgers Librarians
Please note that Rutgers no longer supports Legacy RefWorks, which was available to Rutgers students until September 2017.
EndNote
EndNote Online
EndNote is one of the options offered for exporting journal article citations from indexes and databases. You may use EndNote Online exclusively and successfully manager your citations. It is also possible to export citations from EndNote Online to a desktop copy of EndNote. Any links to full text items in EndNote Online will be retained in the transfer to EndNote Desktop.
Additional resources:
- Quick Reference Guide
- EndNote Online Tutorial
A comprehensive introduction on YouTube. Use the transcript tab to see the contents and make a selection.
EndNote Desktop
Produced by Clarivate Analytics, EndNote Desktop is considered to be the gold standard for citation in the sciences. In addition to the functions shared by all citation managers, the current version of EndNote has an iPad application, journal abbreviation recognition and standardization and one click searching to find and attach fulltext. The pdfs may be viewed, annotated, and highlighted within EndNote. It is also possible to compress the citation list and attachments and send to a research partner.
EndNote Desktop is available for download to current Rutgers students, faculty and staff. You can find the link by going to Research Tools and Services.
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Please note that your account on EndNote Online can be sync-ed with your desktop version and vice versa. This makes it imperative that you save your actions in Desktop by creating and saving a library. If something happens to your files on either version, you can always call up your last library and suffer very little.
Zotero
Zotero
Zotero is a free and easy to use Firefox extension that will help you manage citations. It was developed as a joint project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Zotero website has a copy of the tool to download as well as comprehensive documentation. Zotero is especially useful when you work with displays of multiple citations on one page. The following guides will help you get started.
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