Citation tools are applications that help you organize your research. You can import and manage citations for books, articles, and other resources and create bibliographies for research papers.
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Cost Basic web version is free, desktop version called X9 is $115 for students. |
Cost Freemium version included in library subscription to QuickSearch. |
Cost Free and open source. |
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Usage Web application suitable for basic research papers. Purchase desktop application for advanced projects, theses, or dissertations. |
Usage Web application suitable for basic research papers. Not suitable for advanced projects, theses, or dissertations. |
Usage Desktop application with some web features. Suitable for any research project. |
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Citations Supports many citation formats, manually adding citations, importing citations from a file, exporting citations to a file, organizing citations, and sharing citations. |
Citations Supports many citation formats, manually adding citations, exporting citations to a file, organizing citations, and sharing citations. Does NOT support importing citations from a file.
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Citations Supports many citation formats, manually adding citations, importing citations from a file, exporting citations to a file, organizing citations, and sharing citations. |
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Library integration Citations from QuickSearch and other library databases must first be exported to a file then imported. |
Library integration Items saved to QuickSearch folder automatically added to RefWorks. Many library databases support direct export of citations to RefWorks. |
Library integration Citations from QuickSearch and other library databases must first be exported to a file then imported. |
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Plugins Citation capture plugin for major web browsers. Integration plugin for MS Word. |
Plugins No browser or word processing plugins. |
Plugins Citation capture plugin for major web browsers. Integration plugin for MS Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice. |
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Portability Can continue to use after you leave UAA. |
Portability Available only to current UAA students, faculty, and staff. Before leaving UAA, export citations for import into Endnote or Zotero. |
Portability Can continue to use after you leave UAA. |
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