David Lubin Memorial Library

  Citation management tools

 

Citation management tools help researchers keep track of their sources while they work, making it easy to collect and organize references of any type of information, from journal articles to multimedia files. Users can import references from databases and websites, create in-text citations, and generate properly formatted bibliographies, quickly and easily.   

FAO Library has created a table of citation management tools to help researchers decide which one is best for them.  

 

Typing
Feature 
Cost







FAO Style is embedded into the tool 
Users can share project folders with external (non-FAO) colleagues 
Desktop version can be downloaded to FAO workstations from the FAO Software Centre 
Desktop version can be downloaded to personal computers 
Plug-in for Microsoft Word is available 
Plug-in for Google Docs is available 
Accounts can be synced across multiple computers. 

Storage available 






Apps are available for use with iPads and iPhones 


Users can annotate (highlight and make notes on) PDFs 
Developer


zotero
Zotero
Free







Yes

 


Yes



Yes




Yes, from the Zotero website 


Yes


Yes


Yes



300MB 
Extra storage is available for purchase on the Zotero website. 




Yes


Yes



Corporation for Digital Scholarship (Non-profit) 

mendeley
Mendeley
 Free







 No

 


 Yes



 Yes




 From the Mendeley website



 Yes


 No


 Yes



2GB of personal storage.
100MB of storage can be shared across groups.  
Extra storage is available for purchase on the Mendeley website. 


 No


 Yes



 Elsevier


endnote
Endnote Online
Free for FAO Staff. Go to the Web of Science (WoS) and click the Register link in the top right corner. Create an account using your FAO email address.  


Yes


No



No




No (Online version is available only) 


Yes


No


Yes



5G







No


No



Clarivate