Citation Help and Annotated Bibliographies
The purpose of this page is to point to various tools for creating and managing citations.
The purpose of this page is to point to various tools for creating and managing citations. Some of these tools are very robust and let you organize your citations in one place. It also contains links to citation generators provided by the Owl at Purdue.
Comparisons of available citation management tools are available on Wikipedia and other sites to help you choose which best meets your needs.
Zotero Citation Management Software
- Zotero
Zotero is a free tool that lets you save, cite and manage just about any format of information. You can create separate folders for your research and, since it is hosted remotely, you can access it anywhere, and create bibliographies in a wide range of citation styles. Zotero is available on all the computers in Kennedy Library. - Introduction to Zotero (University of Chicago)Here's a helpful, concise 15-minute tutorial on installing, saving articles, and inserting citations in Zotero.
EndNote
- EndNoteCal Poly's Subscription to the Web of Science databases is augmented by the ability to download a version of EndNote which allows you to download, store, and manage your citations. This ITS page exactly details how to download the software.
Mendeley
- MendeleyMendeley is another citation management platform, hosted by the publishing giant Elsevier, but with a free version that offers basic functionality.
Citation Generators
There are various online tools that will help you generate citations, Some, such as EasyBib and Citation Machine, provide a limited number of citations before asking for some form of payment.
The OWL at Purdue has FREE citation generators for several styles.
WARNING:DO NOT BLINDLY TRUST ANY GENERATORS, AND BE PREPARED TO ADJUST THE CITATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PARTICULAR STYLE, INCLUDING INDENTATION, CAPITALIZATION, ITALICIZATION, AND THE ORDER OF THE CONTENT.