Reference Management

Zotero

From 2026, Zotero will be offered as the preferred institutional reference management system at ZHdK. The existing Mendeley licence will continue to run in parallel until 31 January 2027. 

The MIZ is supporting the introduction and transition with a range of practical offers and courses.
 

Mendeley

Mendeley is a reference management programme and social network for academics.

The basic version is free and includes the Reference Manager (browser application and desktop programme), Mendeley Cite (add-in for Word) and the Web Importer (browser extension).

Mendeley Institutional Edition for Teams (only supported until 2027/01/31)

ZHdK holds a licence for the Mendeley Institutional Edition for Teams, which offers the following benefits to ZHdK members:

  • 100 GB of personal storage
  • Unlimited number of private groups
  • Private groups with up to 100 collaborators
  • 100 GB of group storage
  • Direct links to ZHdK’s electronic resources

You can benefit from the above listed advantages by logging into Mendeley once every twelve months. To do this, make sure you are logged into the ZHdK network (either on-site or via VPN).

Legal information

MIZ receives aggregated, anonymiZed usage data from Mendeley about the reading and publication behaviour of all members of the ZHdK Institutional Group. Personal information will not be disclosed.

ZHdK reserves the right to remove users from the ZHdK Institutional Group without notification if they are no longer members of ZHdK.

Data is stored in the European Economic Area (EEA). Exception: User-uploaded PDF files are stored in the United States.

Tutorials

Guides

Support Center

Other reference management programmes

The MIZ offers the institutional version of Zotero and the corresponding support to all members of the ZHdK. The below-mentioned and other reference management programmes cannot be trained or supported.

EndNote basic is available free of charge to members of ZHdK via Web of Science (select "Products" in the top right-hand corner of the Web of Science).

The basic version of Citavi can be used free of charge. A virtualisation solution such as Parallels is required when using this on a Mac.

Cite This For Me

Chicago Manual of Style

As a standard reference work, Chicago Manual of Style offers instructions and tips on writing and publishing academic papers. Questions about citation, writing style or design guidelines are answered.

Access is possible within the ZHdK network and externally via the VPN client.