Zotero

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research. Top five good things about Zotero

  1. It is a nonprofit
  2. The free version doesn’t have ads and is reliable and usable
  3. It supports sharing articles and citations with colleagues without having to set up a Box folder
  4. It works online and can be installed on computers without Admin approval. References are where I need them when I need them. 
  5. It might be magic in its ability to detect metadata in pdf files.