Tools for bibliographic reference mangement are helping you to save, sort and edit your references. They will support you when writing your bibliographies regardless of whether you are a student writing a paper or a researcher preparing a publication.
Tip: Just quickly create a literature reference? That’s what ZoteroBib is for.
At TUHH we support Citavi and Zotero:

- free
- open source
- browser integrated
- local and web based client
- also for Mac, iOS and Android
- more…

- campus licence
- Key strength: Knowledge management
- Windows dektop
- Citavi Web for Mac and PC
- more…
Other reference management programs that can be useful are JabRef and Mendeley.
Questions? We will be happy to advise you on reference management
Email: literaturverwaltung@tuhh.de.

Detlev Bieler
Telephone: +49 40 30601-3288

Florian Hagen
Telephone: +49 40 30601-3003

Alexander Unteutsch
Telephone: +49 40 30601-2855
You are also welcome to use our open online consultation hours via Zoom (identification code: 503035; meeting ID: 832 9724 8626) for questions regarding literature management (Fridays from 09:00 to 09:30).
News
- Collect, Write, Publish 2026: Building Reliable Research Practices in the Digital Age
- New: Citavi 7 and Citavi Web licensed for three years!
Helpful Links
- Comparison of reference management software. In Wikipedia
- Universitätsbibliothek TU München: Literaturverwaltungsprogramme im Vergleich. Stand: 2020 (8. Aktualisierung).
→ Citavi, EndNote, EndNote Web, Zotero, Mendeley, JabRef, Bibsonomy, Papers - SLUB Dresden: Literaturverwaltungsprogramme im Überblick. Stand Juli 2018.
→ Zotero, Citavi, Mendeley, RefWorks, EndNote und JabRef


