Quick Citation Creators
JSTOR's "Cite this Item" Tool (Library Database)
EBSCOhost's "Cite" Tool (Library Databases)
Citation Machine
This helps format sources to go into a reference list, but it does not allow researchers to organize their sources in one area.
ZoteroBib
Citation and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian citation styles and more.
Understanding Citations
Understanding Citations & Reference Lists
- APA Format Citation Guide from Mendeley.
- "In-Text Citations: The Basics" with APA format by Purdue OWL.
- Purdue OWL includes material on quoting and paraphrasing your research sources, as well as material on how to avoid plagiarism.
Reference Managers
Mendeley
- Free, open-source
- Firefox browser add-on or standalone
- Easy to learn
- Store PDFs
- Highlight text and take notes
- Tag records
- MS Word plug-in
Zotero
- Free
- Easy to learn
- Manage PDFs / Extract citation info from PDFs
- See what others are reading and citing
Microsoft Word
There are templates for papers and options to automatically format bibliographies. The bibliography option allows writers to insert references within the text of the paper by easily selecting the source.