Licence CITAVI

BIB 60-010

What you need to know

CITAVI helps you with research, reference management and knowledge organisation. It generates reference lists in various citation styles. Guides and support are available.

The programme runs on Windows; on a Mac, you will need a virtualisation solution, such as Parallels. Free alternatives include Zotero and Mendeley.

CITAVI is free of charge for HFU members. The HFU libraries offer training courses. 

What you have to do

  1. Launch External link opens in a new window:CITAVI and change the language to English.

  2. Search for “Furtwangen” and then select “Furtwangen University”.

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      Citavi at Furtwangen University

      Citavi at Furtwangen University

  3. Students should click on ‘Student’, whilst members of staff at HFU should click on ‘Academic or other member of staff’.

    • The input box for the email address opens.

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      Input form for email address

      Input form for email address

  4. Enter the email address for your
    HFU account in the ‘My work email address’ field and click ‘Next’.

    • You will receive an email containing a confirmation link.

  5. Please confirm your email address by clicking on ‘Confirm email’.

    • You will be redirected to the Lumivero provider page.

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      Confirming your email address

      Confirming your email address

  6. Complete your registration and follow the steps on the provider’s website.

    • Please enter your HFU account email address again to receive a confirmation code (verification key).

    • You will receive another email containing the confirmation code. 

    • Enter this in the ‘Verification key’ field and select ‘Check code’.

    • Finally, set a password and select "Next". 

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      Confirmation of registration

      Request a verification code

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      Confirmation email

      The code can be accessed via the web client using your HFU account

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      Confirm code

      Enter the code in the verification field.

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      Registration process completed

      A Citavi account has been created.

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      Password

      Set a new password and click 'Next'.

  7. Please log in using your login details.

    • Your online account is now displayed.

  8. To download CITAVI, click on the link under ‘How to use the licence in Citavi for Windows’.

    • Go to their profile page

    • Next, select ‘Licences’ and open the Citavi Desktop & Web Bundle.

    • If necessary, please confirm your membership and follow the instructions on the provider’s website to successfully complete the CITAVI download. 

  9. Click on the red ‘Download now’ button.

    • A dialogue box will appear.

  10. Click on "Save file".

  11. Save the setup file to the directory of your choice.

  12. Launch "Citavi7Setup" and follow the steps provided.

    • You have now successfully installed CITAVI.

  13. A External link opens in a new window:CITAVI user guide and External link opens in a new window:video tutorials are available to you. If you have any questions, please contact External link opens in a new window:CITAVI Support and you will receive further assistance by External link opens in a new window:email.

  14. When working with CITAVI, we recommend using the External link opens in a new window:CITAVI Picker.

    • The Citavi Picker quickly imports bibliographic data, information from the internet and PDFs into your projects.

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