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Citavi and the Research Process
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Citavi is a professional tool for researchers and students.
It helps you with all research tasks, from searching for sources, to obtaining materials and managing and analyzing your sources to creating a final publication.
Citavi can be used for individual projects and for projects in a team.
The Reference Editor
Navigation on the left, the editing pane in the middle, preview on the right for attached files or websites.
Citavi can import EndNote libraries, Excel files and bibliographic formats such as BibTeX, RIS etc.
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Table View
The table view can be used to easily sort by certain criteria and to create selections which can then be exported to Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc.
Search for Sources
Citavi lets you search over 4000 databases: research databases, university, national, and combined library catalogs and bookseller websites.Citavi gives you the same search options as you would find in the database itself. If you select multiple databases, it even recognizes which search options they have in common.
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Search Globally and Locally
With Citavi you can search your university’s library catalog or use its link resolver (SFX).With just one click, you can see which databases your university subscribes to.Citavi can even search online for the PDFs for journal articles in your project.
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Integrated Task Planning
Citavi helps you keep track of tasks related to your project. Tasks can be sorted by deadline or importance.
The task planner is specially designed for academic research.
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Working with Your Sources
View texts, images, videos, and presentations in the preview pane.
Directly excerpt quotations from PDFs and add your own comments in Citavi.
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Organize Knowledge
The Knowledge Organizer gives you an overview of all of your quotations, thoughts, and comments.
Two tools help you structure and group your knowledge: you can assign keywords and apply categories to each reference.
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Create Publications
The Word Add-In lets you insert references and quotations into your document. Citavi automatically creates a list of references cited.
Citavi’s Publication Assistant can be used with OpenOffice Writer or popular LaTeX editors.
Select from over 1900 citation styles.
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And More!
• Citavi Pickers are free extensions for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Adobe Acrobat:• Add a webpage to Citavi with just a
click.• Excerpt highlighted text as a
quotation.• Save graphics as image quotations.• The Picker recognizes ISBN and
DOI names on a website. With just one click, you can add the bibliographic information for the journal article or book to Citavi.
• Citavi supports LaTeX as well.
• The team version of Citavi lets multiple people work on a project together.
In a Nutshell
Citavi supports the entire research process: searching, planning, working with sources, organizing, and completing a publication.
Citavi lets you search in many research databases.
Extensions for Internet Explorer, Firefox und Chrome help you save online information in a meaningful way.
Various tools help you build and expand your knowledge.
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Additional Resources
Forumwww.citavi.com/forum
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)www.citavi.com/faq
View all our support offerings: www.citavi.com/helpManualwww.citavi.com/manual4