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Reference management with Citavi

Die Campus-Lizenz für die FH Aachen endet am 30.06.2026.

Bei Abschlussarbeiten / Projekte, die nicht bis zum Frühjahr 2026 abgeschlossen sein werden, empfehlen wir direkt die Nutzung des Open-Source Programms Zotero.

Handlungsempfehlungen zum Umstieg von Citavi zu Zotero

Bring order to your paperwork!

The Windows-based reference management programme Citavi helps you to keep track of your sources. Citavi also makes it easier to cite according to the specifications of your faculties and automatically creates your bibliography.

Learn how to use Citavi!

What does Citavi offer?

  • Nothing gets lost during research. Use the Citavi Picker to send web pages and book titles from your browser directly into your Citavi project.
  • Sort your sources according to your outline while researching. When writing with the Word Add-In, you have everything at hand: titles, citations and ideas.
  • Create citations and bibliographies in the desired citation style in Microsoft Word.

Download & registration of the campus licence

You can use the Citavi campus licence free of charge.

You can download Citavi here:
http://www.citavi.com/de/download.html

After downloading, you can create an online profile to receive a free licence key. To create the profile, use the following link. www.CITAVI.com/fh-aachen

Citation styles

For certain faculties, there are citation styles available for download that are specially adapted to the requirements of the faculty. Please read the relevant instructions before using the citation style.

We cannot accept any liability for the styles. You must ultimately ensure yourself, e.g. by adapting the imported book data, that your finished work fulfils the citation requirements of your faculties. However, we are happy to accept correction requests and information on errors in the style.

Department 2
(German)		 Department 7
Business Law (German)
Citation style Citation style Citation style
Grouping --- ---
Short reference Short reference Short document
Instructions --- Instructions

 

Faculties 8
(German)
Citation style Citation style
Grouping ---
Short reference Short citation
Instruction ---

Faculty 7
Business Studies (German)

Faculty 7
Business (English)
Citation style Citation style Citation style
Grouping Grouping Grouping
Short citation --- ---
Instruction Instruction Instruction