Colwiz Desktop

The main thing you need to know about Colwiz Desktop is that it is a reference management tool. Get this tool, install it on your desktop or mobile, and you’ll see that it does a proper job of helping you sort, cite, and share your research. The secondary thing you need to know about Colwiz Desktop is that it is free. You can use 30GB of free space on the Colwiz cloud.

Colwiz is available as an application for desktop machines powered by Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.
Colwiz is also available as an app for mobile devices powered by iOS and Android.
It must be mentioned here that there’s a Colwiz Web Importer that is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari.

To start using Colwiz Desktop on a Windows-powered PC, you will have to perform two tasks. Task number one: install the application on your PC; this is a simple task that will take little time and effort. Task number two: log into your account; if you don’t have one, you can easily set one up or you can sign up with Facebook.

When you run Colwiz Desktop for the first time, you will be presented with a “Welcome” prompt that will help you set up your desktop library – import publications, migrate an existing library. You can run a personal search on Google Scholar, find your publications, and import them. You can also import an existing library from a popular repository: Mendeley, EndNote XML, CiteULike, Zotero, and more.

From a functionality point of view, you can expect the following from Colwiz Desktop: sort, cite, share your research; search and find relevant articles; import content; manage your references, data, and notes; automatic cloud backup; 30GB of free cloud storage space; access content on multiple devices; read, annotate, highlight important parts on PDF; sync annotations; write papers using the Reference Manager; automatically format bibliographies with 6500+ citation styles; share drafts with others; create research groups; add as many members as you want to the groups; shared calendars and tasks; and more.

Colwiz Desktop is free, available for lots of platforms, and a very useful reference management tool.