IVS-BM: Recommendations for Word Processing Software Users

If you want to use a bibliographic management system for inserting citations into documents and formatting them in a specific citation style, you might want to choose a system that is compatible with your word processing software. The following table lists the bibliographic management systems that work best with the respective word processor, and are therefore recommended by the IVS-BM for this purpose. Please note that systems not listed here may have other advantages and might be better suited for your needs (see also A Comparison of Bibliographic Management Systems).

LaTeX	recommended desktop system: JabRef - stores references in a .bib file which can be used directly with LaTeX. It is also possible to insert citations into LaTeX editors like WinEdt.
	recommended web-based system: BibSonomy - uses BibTeX as its internal format. Any displayed references may be transformed into BibTeX code by clicking on a button, then saved as a .bib file and processed by LaTeX.
Microsoft Word	recommended desktop system: EndNote - automatically adds a toolbar plugin ("Cite While You Write") to Word which allows to insert citations from EndNote libraries and to format them in numerous (customizable) citation styles.
	recommended web-based system: RefWorks - comes with a Word add-in ("Write-N-Cite") similar to the EndNote plugin, except that it runs in a separate window rather than as a toolbar and connects to the internet to retrieve references.
OpenOffice Writer	recommended desktop system: Zotero - offers a toolbar plugin for OpenOffice Writer similar to the EndNote and RefWorks add-ins. Zotero has fewer output styles, but more may be downloaded from the Zotero website, and new styles can be created using external tools.
	recommended web-based system: RefWorks - allows formatting of citations in .odt files. (There is no OpenOffice Writer plugin, though.)

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