Reference managers are tools that allow to create a personal database of bibliographic references. These references can be used to generate citations and to elaborate the bibliography of the academic works an investigation.
They allow to organise, edit, look for references saved and insert the appointments and the list of bibliography automatically, with the style of citation selected.
Data can be imported manually or automatically way from catalogues, databases, web pages, or archives in pdf.
Zotero
Zotero is a free and open sources reference management software developed by Center for History and New Half of George Mason University.
Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Acces and features
It is recommended to create a user account to achieve all the possibilities that offer us this tool: synchronized with the cloud, access from any device connected to the internet and the possibility to work with groups.
The main features of this tool are:
- Create a database of bibliographic references and attachments.
- Manage and organise the library in collections.
- Add appointments and bibliographies in works.
- Share collections with other users.
- The free version offers 300 Mb. This capacity counts the files (PDFs, pictures, and screenshot) included in the library. With 300MB can include until 100 PDFs. of text (if they contain pictures this number reduces considerably).
Work with Zotero
- The version Zotero Web can be synchronised with a Zotero Desktop and allows to access to the references saved from any computer.
- It is needed to Install Zotero browser connector (Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge).
- It works with a plug-in integrated with Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer and Google Docs, that includes by doing the installation of Zotero in your computer.
Guides of use and complementary materials
Official WebSite of Zotero
Quick start guide of Zotero
Zotero support
Zotero Forums
Guide for use Zotero
Import references from Mendeley to Zotero (video)
Training activities
Mendeley
Mendeley Is a reference management software developed by Elsevier. It works like bibliographic agent and is also an academic social network, that allows to organise your investigation, collaborate with other users, and find the last documents published.
Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Access and features
To use Mendeley is necessary to create a user account.
The main features of this tool are:
- You can automatically generate bibliographies.
- Find relevant papers related to your area of research
- Import papers from other platforms.
- Collaborate with other researchers online.
- Access to your papers from any places online.
- 100 GB of capacity - 1000 private groups - 100 members by group (Mendeley Institutional Edition).
Work with Mendeley
- Mendeley combines a version for desktop, that can install to your computer (Mendeley Reference Manager) that synchronises automatically with a version web (Mendeley Web Library) with which also can work directly.
- The extension of browser Web Importer button is necessary to install for to be able to import reference and papers from the databases or web pages of automatic way.
- The version Mendeley Reference Manager use the plug-in Mendeley Cite, new extension for Word. Is needed add from the portal of Microsoft.
Attention: From September of 2022, Mendeley Desktop goes to be an outdated tool because the responsible company will leave to do maintenance, updates, and tasks of development. If you work with Mendeley Desktop will need to change for the Mendeley Reference Manager.
Guides of use and complementary materials
Basic steps to use Mendeley
Mendeley Video Tutorials
Guides of help of Mendeley
Mendeley Support Portal
Mendeley and APA in function of typologies of documents (UIB)
Training activities
Endnote Online
EndNote Online is a web reference manager accessible to all the university community inside Web of Science.
Access and features
It is necessary to access through UCercaTot.
To access, previously need to have a user account of user of Web of Science because the account of EndNote is subject to the same database.
- It allows the direct import from databases and catalogues.
- It allows to share references and generate bibliographic lists.
- Until 50.000 references and 2GB of capacity of storage of documents.
- Creating a collaborative research group to chare papers.
Work with EndNote Online
- With the plug-in EndNote Click will be able to locate easily the complete text of the papers.
- The plug-in Cite While You Write™ and Microsoft Word serve to add citations to text documents instantly.
Guides of use and complementary materials
Clarivate EndNote Online Libguide
Training online organised for the FECYT: “Gestionar mi bibliografia con EndNote Online”
Trobar textos complets amb Endnote Click i afegir referències.
Quick citations generators
Access and features
There are sources of instant citation available via web, that provide an appointment or a bibliography in different styles and immediate way. To use them is not necessary create a user account neither install any software. So does not do lacking to create any account neither install any software, so that once inserted, the references remain only to the document of text where copy and does not save to any application.
They can present errors in generating the references because they do not update the styles of citation systematically. Also, in generating lists of bibliography because the list is not sorted alphabetically ordered.
The following options of this listing are compatible with the others bibliographic agents described in this page.
- UCercaTot: It generates the bibliographic reference of the document in screen by clicking on the icon “between quotation marks”. It allows to choose between the following styles of citation: MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard. Formats of export: Word, RIS and BibTeX. References of all the types of documents.
- Cite this for me: the most popular for the big quantity of styles and formats that includes. Also,it works with an extension for Chrome to generate references quickly. References of all the types of documents. Check the guide.
- MyBib: Indicated for beginners because it generates the references step-by-step. It includes big quantity of styles and formats. It offers direct export to Mendeley, Zotero and Google Drive. It works with an extension for Chrome. References of all the types of documents. Check the blog What's new?.
- Zoterobib: When you do not need all the features of regular Zotero. It supports a big quantity of styles and formats. Direct export to Zotero. Check ZoteroBib FAQ
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