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.