LibGuides: Alumni and Retirees Resources &amp; Services: Organize Research

Free Tools for Organizing Your Research

Please note that these tools are developed and maintained by third-party groups and your use of them is governed by their terms of service.

Citation Managers

If you have citations in EndNote or RefWorks that you would like to move to a new citation manager, export them as an .RIS file. You can then import this file into your new citation manager.

Mendeley This link opens in a new window
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Reference manager that can help you store, organize, note, share and cite references and research data. Desktop version available for download. A free Mendeley account receives: 2GB personal storage for personal documents; Permission to create 5 private groups of up to 25 collaborators for sharing common documents; 100MB shared web storage across all groups.
Need to add the Mendeley add-in to your WCM copy of Microsoft Word? Ask ITS to enable it via the Microsoft Store here
Zotero This link opens in a new window
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Web-based tools for managing citations, organizing pdfs, and creating bibliographies. Desktop version available for download. Includes a companion tool zoterobib that allows you to build an instant bibliography without creating an account or installing any software.

SciWheel
Free basic plan allows you to store unlimited references.

File Sharing and Organization

Open Science Framework
Cloud-based project management tool, with file storage, collaboration capabilities, and third-party integrations
Figshare
Online platform for storing and sharing research, datasets, papers, code, and filesets