Reference Management Program
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What is a reference management program
A reference management program is used to keep track of the literature collected for your own scientific project and thus helps with the creation of a scientific publication. Depending on the program, citations and references can be managed and output in a suitable citation style.
Which program do you recommend?
We work with and demonstrate the free software Zotero in the library. This open source reference management programme can be used to collect, manage and cite various online and offline sources. More information is available here >>>
Zotero is not the right program for me. Are there any alternatives?
A detailed overview of the advantages, disadvantages and functions of various reference management programs has been compiled by the colleagues of the library of the Technical University of Munich and the SLUB Dresden:
- „Literaturverwaltungsprogramme im Vergleich“ Technische Universität München, Universitätsbibliothek (Hrsg.) 2022: Literaturverwaltungsprogramme im Vergleich - 9. Aktualisierung, Stand: Juli 2022, mediatum.ub.tum.de/1316333
- „Literaturverwaltungsprogramme im Überblick“ Adam, Michaele, Arndt, Anna, Faber, Christine et al. (2021): Literaturverwaltungsprogramme im Überblick. 6. Auflage, Stand: Oktober 2021. Dresden: SLUB Dresden, nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-762961