Which citation manager or bibliographic management software should I use?

EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, Citavi, Zotero,  JabRef?

Some things to consider when choosing a program:

• Is the program compatible with my operating system and word processing package?
• Do I need remote access to my reference collection?
• Do I need to share my reference sets with others? What are they using?
• Can I transfer my references to another system? Different organisations use different systems.
• Am I willing to undertake some online tutorials or attend some training to learn how to use the software effectively?
• Where are my references stored?
• Is the program available on University-owned computers? (Usually not an issue for web-based tools).
• Which tool do researchers in your discipline tend to use? Does it matter?  Talk to people in your department.

For more information take a look at our Managing References Guide : http://unimelb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=119034&sid=1093744