# Collect all your great cites: Reference management software

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collect-all-your-great-cites-reference-management-software/674157>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collect-all-your-great-cites-reference-management-software/674157 "2013-11-18T00:55:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collect-all-your-great-cites-reference-management-software/674157/21 "2013-11-27T04:57:03Z")

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Does Zotero cache pages? Diigo will do that in the for-pay version ($40/yr). They also have a free version and a $20/yr version. [https://www.diigo.com](https://www.diigo.com/premium)

Diigo [exports](https://www.diigo.com/tools/export) in various formats. Does Zotero import? Does Zotero export?

ETA: Diigo could go belly up tomorrow. Zotero could collapse and not be available Windows 10. At least it runs in Linux.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collect-all-your-great-cites-reference-management-software/674157/22 "2013-11-27T06:03:58Z")

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If I understand correctly, in Zotero you right click on the web page –\> Zotero –\> Create Web Page Item from Current Page, and it will add it to your cites.

You could also look at something like [Pocket](http://getpocket.com/) to archive pages.

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**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collect-all-your-great-cites-reference-management-software/674157/23 "2013-11-29T02:11:32Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> If I understand correctly, in Zotero you right click on the web page –\> Zotero –\> Create Web Page Item from Current Page, and it will add it to your cites.

Thanks, and thanks to **gracer** , too. I didn’t see that.

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**Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collect-all-your-great-cites-reference-management-software/674157/24 "2013-12-24T21:15:17Z")

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> [@even\_sven](#):
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> I used EndNote to manage my bibliographies when I was in grad school, because it is so darn easy to import the citations. But I use Evernote to store my PDFs and search through my sources.

A paean to [the virtues of Evernote](http://lifehacker.com/5964285/whats-all-the-fuss-about-evernote-why-do-people-use-it) is here. It has quite the fan base. It may be a good solution for those who don’t need a detailed citation grabbed for article writing purposes. I haven’t tried it though. Perhaps I should.

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