Work Efficiently
Manage References
Intuitive Design Navigation on the left, the editing
pane in the middle, preview on the right:
Add References Automatically Just enter an ISBN
Reference Management
and Knowledge Organization
number, DOI name, or PubMed ID and Citavi retrieves
the bibliographic information for you.
Add References by Hand Citavi‘s 35 reference types
help you capture the bibliographic information relevant
to each of your sources.
Batch Import PDFs You can import a folder of PDFs
and Citavi automatically adds each as a reference, looks
up the bibliographic information, and links the PDF.
Import with Ease Quickly import references from Web-
Using Citavi for Academic Writing
From Searching for Sources
to Finishing Your Paper
based resources in RIS, BibTeX, and EndNote Tagged formats and from other reference management programs
(EndNote, RefWorks, etc.).
Preview Use the preview to read and evaluate PDFs
and other full texts, and to view images, videos, and
presentations. You can resize the preview to your liking
as well.
Quick Help Context-sensitive Quick Help lends a hand
when you’re stuck.
Search the World
Explore Over 4000 Resources Search the databases
of major information providers (OCLC, EBSCO, OvidSP,
ProQuest, Elsevier, Thomson Reuters, etc.); in WorldCat,
the world’s largest online catalog; and in library catalogs from around the world, including your own. You
can even use each resource‘s specific search options
within Citavi.
Search Your Library Citavi saves call numbers for items
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in your library. When you import references from other
sources, Citavi can check if they are available in your
library.
Search Subscription Databases As long as your computer is connected to your campus or organization’s
network, Citavi will allow you to access subscribed
databases.
Eliminate Duplicates When importing references, Citavi
checks to see if they are already in your project and
identifies duplicates.
Find Full Text Let Citavi find and download the full text
of journal and newspaper articles from the Internet.
Check Availability Citavi can determine whether documents or books are available in your library or through
interlibrary loan.
Use Citavi Pickers The exclusive Picker extensions for
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Adobe Reader, and Adobe
Acrobat let you effortlessly grab references, quotations,
abstracts, and images from Web pages and PDFs. This
makes it quick and easy to expand your knowledge base.
Organize Knowledge
Save Quotations and Thoughts Add direct and indirect
quotations, comments, summaries and your own thoughts
directly to Citavi. This knowledge base grows in value
with each new quotation and thought you save and is
always at hand for future projects.
Analyze and Organize Content Keywords let you
describe references, quotations, and thoughts, while
Citavi’s flexible hierarchical categories allow you to
structure and group. As your research progresses,
you can update your category system to match.
Structure Your Work The category system makes it
easy to systematically structure research proposals and
publications and is especially useful for outlining a term
project, thesis, or dissertation.
Choose from Over 800 Citation Styles Find the right
citation style quickly and easily by name or features. The
browser shows you a preview of how your quotations,
in-text citations, and bibliography look in each style.
Plan Tasks
Forget Nothing Citavi helps you keep track of the
everyday tasks in academic research, including obtaining
materials, evaluating texts, and returning library books.
Plan Your Project Citavi’s Task Planner helps you manage project goals, reminds you of deadlines, and lets you
assign tasks — in a team, too.
Citavi has quickly become the leading reference management program in the German-speaking world. In less than
five years, hundreds of thousands of users have chosen
Citavi as the preferred tool for their academic work. Almost
all German universities have site licenses for Citavi, allowing
their students, faculty, and staff to use Citavi Pro at no cost
(www.citavi.com/references). In 2010 Citavi was released in
English as well.
The Knowledge Organizer is extraordinary...
Thank you for creating this world class software.
Jerome J. Slote
Work in a Team
Collaborate with Others Citavi Team allows groups
Create a Compilation No more writer’s block! Saving
to work on shared projects at the same time on a local
network. Offsite users can log in with a VPN to access
shared projects.
or printing a list of your quotations and thoughts gives
you a quick overview of how far along you are in your
project.
Work with Full Text Team members can collaborate on
a document repository, sharing the work of evaluating
and analyzing full texts.
Write Papers
Read or Edit Members can be granted reading or editing
privileges for each project.
Work with Word, Writer, TeX, etc. Citavi works with
Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org Writer, and most
word processors that support the Rich Text (RTF) or
OpenDocument Text (ODT) formats. An upcoming
Add-In for Microsoft Word will soon provide even
better integration. Citavi also works with popular
LaTeX editors.
Write and Cite Your Sources Just click to insert citations,
quotations, and thoughts into the text or as footnotes.
Format Your Manuscript Citavi automatically generates a finished paper, inserting properly-formatted
citations and a bibliography in the chosen citation style.
Personalize
Customize Citavi You can configure the Overview
tab, define your favorite reference types, create custom
tasks, save search queries and change the window
layout to fit your style.
I have seldom – never, actually! – seen a program that
is so easy to use and tailored to the user’s needs.
It’s simple without compromising versatility.
Joanna Blahopoulou
Citavi is fascinating and leaves nothing to be desired.
[…] What really thrills me is that it confirms my belief: work really can be fun! What a lovely philosophy
of life the Citavi team sets an example of! Thanks!
Lydia Mladenova
I really appreciate the customer service you and
your company have provided since I purchased your
program. It truly shows the importance of your
customers and their concerns.
Frances Aranda
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cost.
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