Reference Management
Reference management programmes help you to collect, save, and use literary references; additionally, they support the creation of bibliographies or insertion of quotes into your text.
FHWS Library offers courses. Please check our training schedule for current dates and to register for courses/consultations.
For small groups individual dates can be arranged directly with us the Library or via mail schulung.bib-wue[at]thws.de (Würzburg) or schulung.bib-sw[at]thws.de (Schweinfurt).
In addition, we are always available for direct and individual advice.
Information on data processing
We support studies and academic work through our offers in the area of literature management. In view of the lack of a legally secure framework for the providers' online services, we would like to point out that you should observe the following in the context of use:
Unpublished personal data of persons who do not use this service (case 1) should not be transferred unencrypted to the service's online storage offer, nor should data that is subject to special secrecy or protection (case 2).
- Examples of case 1 are attendance lists or lists of participants at an event, but also transcribed interviews.
- Examples of case 2 are non-anonymised surveys without explicit consent of the data subjects relating to ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, health information, sex life or sexual orientation and research contracts with confidentiality.
To the extent that there is permissible processing of third party personal data, you must comply with data protection rules and ensure compliance with information obligations.
Reference management with ZOTERO
ZOTERO is an open source software for managing literary references running on current operating systems (macOS, Linux, Windows).
Installing ZOTERO
Please install ZOTERO as a standalone version locally on your computer. To connect it to your browser, you only need to install the ZOTERO-Connector additionally. ZOTERO plugins make it possible to integrate ZOTERO into Word or Libre Office. Usually they are installed automatically.