Reference management with Citavi

The library at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences has a campus license for the software "Citavi - Literature Management and Knowledge Organization". Professors, students and staff can use this program at work and at home free of charge.

How do you get Citavi?

  1. Download Citavi and install it. You need administrator rights for your PC to install Citavi.
  2. Request your free license key: http://www.citavi.com/h-da. You will usually receive the license key from the software manufacturer by email within 24 hours.
    Important: Your email address at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences is used for authentication. It is not possible to order with another e-mail address (web.de, GMX, Googlemail etc.).
  3. Start Citavi and enter the license key from the email. The license key converts the free version to the Pro version for the duration of the campus license. The license key gives you the right to use Citavi on two PCs (at home and at work) or on a USB stick.

Citavi is a reference management software and offers three areas of application:

The core of Citavi is the reference management. You can use it to search for literature online in library catalogs and subject databases and transfer the references you find directly into Citavi. The reference management itself supports a variety of document types such as monographs, collected works, journal articles and online documents. The names of authors, journals, editors, etc. are stored in separate directories and can be easily searched and reused for future references. You can transfer citations and references directly from Citavi into your own texts (essays, papers, theses, etc.) and define a citation style beforehand.

The Knowledge Organization application area offers a range of options for enriching the content of individual title data and organizing its further processing. These include abstracts, tables of contents, keywords, citations and annotations. You can also use categories to organize the titles hierarchically and clearly. By using the various knowledge organization tools, you can not only manage researched literature, but also structure your reading and carry out other important preparatory work for writing your own texts (creating outlines, etc.).

Finally, in the task planning application area, you can manage appointments such as book returns and renewals as well as the processing status of individual titles (borrowing, reading, copying, etc.).

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