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Reference Management

What can I do by using reference management software?

  • Automatically fill in book or article data (e.g. by entering the ISBN)
  • Collect and organise references and enhance them with abstracts, keywords and comments
  • Import search results from databases and references from other programmes
  • Automatically create reference lists (with selectable citation styles)
  • Collect important citations and ideas for a research paper
  • Search for citations via comfortable plugin directly in Word with immediate embedding. Short title records and a reference list are immediately displayed in the corresponding citation style
  • Edit literature projects in a team (cloud function)

Our campus license Citavi

Bielefeld University Library offers free use of the reference management software Citavi to all members of the university (campus licence since 2008). This service includes general and subject-specific tuitions and consulting services for the use of the software.

The campus licence currently runs until March 31, 2027.

Our campus licence currently includes Citavi 7 for Windows as well as the web version (operating system-independent). Version 6 can still be used.

Please note that Citavi Web does not include all the functions of Citavi for Windows and that Citavi Web can only be saved in the Citavi Cloud. For Mac users, we therefore recommend using Zotero.

Download / Personal License Key

Step 1: Create personal Citavi Account

Please register for a Citavi account. When you sign-up it is necessary to authenticate as member of Bielefeld University using your university mail address (@uni-bielefeld.de).

Create Citavi account

Step 2: Download and install Citavi for Windows

Download Citavi

System requirements

Storage in the Cloud

Citavi allows you to store your data locally and in the cloud. When storing data in the cloud, the library expressly points out that only non-critical data may be stored, as only the provider has data sovereignty. Critical data must be stored locally or on a university drive. It is therefore the responsibility of the Citavi project management to influence Citavi project participants to keep critical data away from Citavi or to remove it if it has been saved there.

Zotero

Zotero is an open source reference management programme that runs on all common operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS) and can be connected to Word, Libre Office and Google Docs. Its use is not linked to a licence, i.e. Zotero can continue to be used after the end of your studies or if you change universities. We also offer training courses for literature management with Zotero.

Further assistance

Do you have questions about reference management? The reference management team will be happy to help you. We offer an extensive repertoire of workshops, training courses and advanced training and are also available to advise you on individual questions. Please feel free to contact us:

literaturverwaltung.ub@uni-bielefeld.de

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