Lit­er­at­ure man­age­ment and know­ledge or­gan­isa­tion with Citavi

Cam­pus li­cence for Citavi

The Paderborn University Library offers all students and staff at the Paderborn University a free campus licence for the reference management programme Citavi.

The campus licence can be used for the current version 7, ‘Citavi for Windows’, or as‘Citavi Web’.

Please note that with the “Citavi for Windows” version, your projects can be saved locally on a computer or in the Citavi Cloud. In the platform-independent “Citavi Web” version, projects can only be saved in the Cloud. An alternative is therefore to use the reference management programme Zotero, where projects can also be saved locally.

Citavi for Win­dows

Installation and licence details

  1. You can download the version licensed by Paderborn University Library. You can obtain this file from the following page: https://www.citavi.com/de/download.
    Alternatively, you can start by installing the free version, ‘Citavi For Free’, for Windows. You can download the file from the following page: https://www.myqsrportal.com/shop/trial.
    You can use this version for 30 days and, if you are interested, switch to the version licensed by the University Library; any data you have entered in the free version will be retained when you switch.
  2. Register using your personal Paderborn University email address (e.g. @uni-paderborn.de or @mail.uni-paderborn.de) to create a Citavi account: http://www.citavi.com/upb
  3. Citavi will send a verification email to the address you provided. Please click on the link provided in the email to confirm your registration.
  4. Please also complete the online form and set a password.
  5. Once you have created your account, you must confirm your membership. Complete registration again at: http://www.citavi.com/upb, select ‘Licences – Citavi Desktop & Web Bundle’ in the left-hand pane, and then confirm your membership in the right-hand pane.
  6. Now perform registration using your account (login icon, top right).

Citavi con­fig­ur­a­tion file for stu­dents and staff at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

To adapt Citavi to the specific services on offer at Paderborn University Library, we recommend importing our configuration file into Citavi.

The file compiled for the Paderborn service provides:

  • a selection of available catalogues and databases for searching from within Citavi and importing the results
  • a direct location query in the Paderborn University Library catalogue
  • a selection of common citation styles

Procedure:

  • Download the configuration file (Please right-click on the link and select ‘Save target as’ from the context menu.)
  • Upload the saved file to Citavi by going to the ‘Tools’ menu in Citavi, selecting ‘Import/Export Settings’, choosing the configuration file and importing it.

Help – In­form­a­tion re­sources and sup­port for Citavi 7

We also offer personalised advice.

Citavi Web

To use Citavi Web, all you need is an internet connection and a up-to-date browser. Citavi Web is platform-independent and can therefore be used on any operating system, whether Mac OS, Windows or Linux.

If you already have an account for “Citavi for Windows”, you can log in straight away via this page: https://citaviweb.citavi.com/

Don’t have an account yet? Then follow steps 1–4.

Li­cence de­tails

  1. Register using your personal Paderborn University email address (e.g. @uni-paderborn.de or @mail.uni-paderborn.de) to create a Citavi account: http://www.citavi.com/upb
  2. Citavi will send you a verification email to the address you provided. Please click on the link provided in the email.
  3. Please also complete the online form and choose a password.
  4. Now launch Citavi Web via this address: https://citaviweb.citavi.com/ and log in with your account.

Citavi Web does not offer the same range of functions as “Citavi for Windows”.

Help – In­form­a­tion and sup­port for Citavi Web