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.
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.
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).
Step 2: Download and install Citavi for Windows
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 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.