Subject and Course Guides: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools: The Basics

Citation Management Programs

RefWorks, Legacy RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Basic, and Zotero are citation management programs. They allow you to:

Gather references from article databases and library catalogs
Create and organize a personal database of citations related to your research (often including images and PDFs)
Generate bibliographies and format manuscripts in a variety of citation styles (MLA, APA, AMA, etc.)
Transfer references between various citation managers

A citation is an electronic record for a book, journal article, website, film or other published item. It includes the author, title, source (publisher or URL), and date.

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RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Basic, & Zotero

The following are all bibliographic/citation management programs that let you build your own library of citations, organize & share your citations, build reference lists with the click of a button, format papers with in-text citations, and more. If the program isn't free, it likely offers a free 30 day trial. This is just a handful of citation managers available.

RefWorks
This is the new version of RefWorks. To create an account, use this link. Questions? Email ask-citehelp@uic.edu
RefWorks (Legacy)
RefWorks is an online bibliography management service that allows you to capture citations, store them, and use them while writing papers. As of June 2022, RefWorks accounts cannot be created in Legacy RefWorks. Patrons may create accounts or transfer citations into the New RefWorks or use another citation manager. Questions? Email ask-citehelp@uic.edu.

Please note: Legacy RefWorks accounts will no longer be available after June 30, 2023. We will provide further information about upgrading to the current version of RefWorks closer to that date.
RefWorks is a bibliography manager that allows you to capture citations, store them, and use them while writing papers.

EndNote Basic
Web-based, access is provided free through the library (ISI Thompson-Reuters). Register in the ISI Web of Knowledge database.
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Click on "EndNote" on top of page to create an account. When you have an account you can access through myendnoteweb.com
EndNote (discount via UIC WebStore)
Software program installed on your computer (ISI Thompson-Reuters). Discount available through UIC WebStore.
Zotero
Free software program installed on your computer.

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RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools

Citation Management Programs

RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Basic, & Zotero

Locations

Richard J. Daley Library

Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago

Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria

Crawford Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford

Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana