Citavi
Free for university members
Leuphana University offers all university members free use of the reference management software Citavi (campus license since 2008). General and subject-specific training and advice on using the software round off the range of services.
Citavi is a reference management program that supports students and researchers in collecting, organizing and correctly citing sources. It offers tools for research, knowledge organization and task planning and facilitates the creation of academic papers. Citavi also supports collaboration in teams, which is particularly useful for joint research projects.
Citavi offers a range of valuable tools to help you organize your academic work efficiently. With Citavi you can:
- Record and systematically collect literature references manually, via PDF upload, specialist databases, DOI, ISBN and more
- Index literature by adding abstracts and your own comments
- Search for and download PDF full texts automatically
- Insert notes in e-books, highlight text passages, etc.
- Insert important text passages as indirect or direct quotations in one of 11,000 citation styles in Word
- Organize your knowledge, note down text and idea building blocks
- Automatically output bibliographies in different citation styles in Microsoft Word
You can find more detailed information about Citavi on the manufacturer's homepage. There you will also find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)
The Leuphana Media and Information Center has purchased a campus license for Citavi Desktop and Web. Students and employees of Leuphana can use Citavi free of charge via this license.
- First of all: Registration for the Citavi account
When registering, you must prove that you are a member of Leuphana University by providing your personal university e-mail address (@leuphana.de or @stud.leuphana.de). Licensing gives you access to the full version of Citavi.
You will then receive an e-mail from Citavi, which you must confirm.
-Option A: Download and install Citavi for Windows
The desktop version can be downloaded and installed from the Citavi website using the link above. The Word Add-In and the Citavi Picker (for Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome) are installed automatically. Citavi 6 is also pre-installed on all PC workstations in the reading room and library foyer.
-Option B: Use Citavi Web in your browser
In addition to Citavi for Windows, you can also use a browser-based version of Citavi, Citavi Web. This can be used with Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. It is therefore independent of the operating system used and also allows Mac users to work with Citavi.
You can find more information about Citavi Web in the corresponding manual.
To help you get started with Citavi, regular training courses and workshops are offered in which the basic work with Citavi is explained and demonstrated in detail.
All dates and the possibility to register can be found in the MIZ training program
A Moodle course is also available for independent familiarization with Citavi.
The campus license is continuously extended by the MIZ.
In order to be able to use Citavi without interruption, you must activate the license for use in your individual Citavi account and prove that you are still enrolled or working at Leuphana. Citavi will send you an email shortly before the end of the license period. To extend your license, confirm the email sent by Citavi. Or follow the steps below:
1. first log in to your Citavi account: www.citavi.com/login
2. open your profile and go to the License page
3. select “Citavi Desktop & Web Bundle”
4. follow the instructions in the right-hand column to have a verification email sent to you
5. confirm the received mail. Your license data will be generated.
6. start Citavi and log in as usual with your account access data (Leuphana e-mail and password).
Please note that if you leave Leuphana, you will no longer be able to use or extend your campus license. You should therefore export your data in good time or purchase your own license if you wish to continue working with Citavi. If you move to another university that also has a campus license, you can link your existing account to another campus license.