Managing Citations

If you use a website to automatically generate a citation, it is important to double-check the citation and correct any mistakes. Use the following MLA and APA formatting and style guides to double-check your citations. These guides also provide information on how to correctly write an in-text citation.

• Purdues’ MLA Formatting and Style Guide
• Purdues’ APA Formatting and Style Guide

Zotero is another free digital tool to organize your citations. You can add the Zotero Chrome extension to your browser or download the Zotero desktop application. Watch the following video to better understand what Zotero is.

Here are some helpful videos to help you get started using Zotero.

• Installing the Zotero Chrome Connector
• Using the Zotero Chrome Connector
• Using Zotero in Google Docs

Medeley is another great source that can be used to store the citations for your research project. It does a great job helping you create in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies that can be used in your projects.

Here is a resource to help you set up an account and learn some of the basics.

Powernotes allows you to capture quotes from the sources you find and organize them into topics. While not as strong in citations, it is helpful when you want to efficiently collect and organize ideas as you do your research. See how it works below.