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Citation Management Software

Zotero is a free, open source, user-friendly citation manager, allowing users to quickly save and organize citations and then automatically create in-text citations and bibliographies in any citation style. This free tool can save you hours of time if you currently create citations by hand. You can use Zotero either online or in the application; the two versions of your library will remain synced. When you download the application, a Zotero extension will automatically be added to your Microsoft Word. To get started using Zotero, using the links below, you should:

  • Register for a free account on their website (this creates your account and Web Library, so you can access it from any device)
  • Download the desktop application to your computer and log in with your newly created account credentials (this allows you to access your account offline and cite-while-you-write features in Word)
  • Download the Zotero Connector extension for your most commonly used browser (this allows you to easily save citations to your library)

Mendeley is another citation manager that works very similarly to Zotero. This is Elsevier's citation manager product.

EndNote is a bibliographic citation manager that is designed to collect and format references used in scholarly writing. This citation manager is the most powerful option, but less user-friendly for beginners.