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Citation Managers

This guide outlines a variety of citation management tools to help you track and organize resources and create citations and reference pages.

Overview

ReadCube Papers has web, desktop and mobile reference management applications that improve the way you find, access, organize, read, share, and cite scholarly literature. It works on Windows, Mac, web, iOS, and Android.

Cost

Free 30-day trial

Student: $3.00/month

Academic (Individual Use): $5.00/month

Strengths

Mobile app available to sync seamlessly across all platforms

Advanced search filters

1-click PDF downloads and PDF annotations

Share references, PDFs, notes, tags, and PDF annotations

Bulk imports in .csv, .bib, .ris

Extensive product support and questions can be submitted through a ticketing system

Works with Microsoft Word and Google Docs

Longer trial period than other programs (30 days)

Limitations

Reports of crashing and updates not working efficiently

May not be worth the expense when other similar and more popular citation managers are available for free

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