If you use many sources, manually formatting citations can be tedious. Free tools like Mendeley and Zotero automate this process and support numerous citation styles. Online tutorials are widely available to help you get started. Assistance is also available for these and other citation management systems.
Citation management tools help you collect and store articles, books, and web pages to use in your research. You can format, create, and export bibliographies using a particular citation style, including APA, MLA, Chicago, and more.
You can also:
- Link to and store source materials
- Insert in-text citations and bibliographies while writing in a word processor
- Create formatted works cited, reference lists, or bibliographies
- Collaborate with others
- Annotate within PDFs
Also see tips for how to cite sources and tools you can use to automatically generate citations.
