References and citations play an important role in academic writing. It can also be very time-consuming to integrate these citations accurately into research documents without the aid of reference management software.

Detailed overview of some citation managers on Wikipedia

Citace PRO Plus

prepaid online service for VSB-TUO users,
after logging in, you can switch the page into English (partially translated),
1 GB of cloud storage,
plugins for Chrome, Firefox, and MS Word,
more than 9,000 citation styles,
CL instructional videos: basics, plugin installation, plugin in MS Word, plugin in your browser, more information in Czech (text, video).

Zotero

free open-source software,
300 MB of free cloud storage,
you can use it online, and/or download standalone program (Zotero 6 for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) with an extension for browser (Zotero Connector for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge),
plugins for text editors such as MS Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs, and more,
you can link your Zotero account to Overleaf (How to link your Overleaf account to Mendeley and Zotero),
more than 10,000 citation styles,
more information at Zotero Documentations.

Mendeley

free basic software,
2 GB of free cloud storage,
it can be used online and/or download standalone program (Mendeley Reference Manager),
plugin for MS Word (Mendeley Cite),
you can link your Mendeley account to your Overleaf (How to link your Overleaf account to Mendeley and Zotero),
more than 10,000 citation styles, more information at Mendeley Guides.

EndNote Basic

free version is available online only,
2 GB of free online storage,
you can download plugins for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and MS Word from your account,
as a part of the Web of Science has thousands of citation styles,
more information at EndNote Training.

Docear

free open source standalone program,
plugin for MS Word, more information at Docear User Manual.

Citation Generators

CitationGenerator

free online tool for generating citations (APA, MLA, Chicago).

Citefast

free online tool for generating citations (APA, MLA, Chicago).

Citace.com

free Czech online tool for generating citations (ISO 690).

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Reference Management Tools

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