How to Select and Use Citation Management Tools   Tags: apa, bibliographies, bibliography, bluebook, chicago, citation, citation_management, endnote, endnote_web, mendeley, mla, reference, references, zotero  

This guide will provide information on citation management tools and citation generators.

Citation managment tools allow you to:

• Build a database of your references.
• Attach articles to references so that all your research is in one place.
• Store notes with references.
• Search references.
• Cite your sources in your paper with a touch of a button.
• Automatically build your bibliograhy (also called works cited/reference list).
• Easily change your citation style if needed (e.g. APA to MLA, Chicago, etc).
  

Citation generators allow you to:

• Create a citation and biblographic reference that you can copy and paste into your document.

 NOTE: Citation generators do not save your references.

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Help topics for long-document formatting including:

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Page Numbering

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Captions for Tables, Figures, Equations

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