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Need help? Use the menu above to go to the page for the citation manager of interest, where you will find contact information for our librarians who know that tool.
Citation Management Tools
What can I do with a citation management tool?
Create bibliographies and references automatically
Check for and remove duplicate citations
Add annotations, subjects, and descriptions to your citations
Re-use your research over time
Embed footnotes, end notes, and in-text citations in a document
What can't it do?
Correct errors present in the original database records
Create a perfect bibliography or Works Cited list, you must still check them for accuracy
Create legal citation formats
Can not import citations from a text file, Word File, or sheet of paper automatically
Options
There are many citation management tools out there. And many of them come and go, particularly the free ones. For a current list of tools and their features, this Wikipedia page is your best bet. But at the end of the day, two really important features in choosing a tool are:
1) the researchers you work with use it
2) there's support for users on campus
Here at UMass Amherst, the Libraries support Zotero. We offer regular workshops as part of the Library Workshop Series, as well as consultation services and classroom presentations on request. We also have an institutional subscription, which offers unlimited storage for cloud storage of your library and any group libraries you own.
We are able to offer consultations on two other tools: Mendeley and LaTeX with Overleaf.
For help with Mendeley, please contact Rebecca Reznick-Zellen.
For help with LaTeX with Overleaf, please contact Rebecca Reznik-Zellen or Brendan Kelly.
Citation Management Workshops
Fall 2024 Citation Management Workshops
- Getting Started with Zotero - In Person
- Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 2:30 pm - 3:30pm. Location: Calipari Computer Classroom, W. E. B. Du Bois Library. Register.
- Getting Started with Zotero - Virtual
- Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Register.
- Getting Started with Zotero - In Person
- Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from 1:25 pm - 2:1 5pm. Location: Calipari Computer Classroom, W. E. B. Du Bois Library. Register.
Getting Started with Zotero - Virtual- Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Register.
If you have questions about citation management platforms we support, please see the box above labeled "Options."
Citation Style Resources
While this guide is all about citation management tools, you may feel the need to brush up on your knowledge of citation formatting and other rules for a specific style. Below are some Library Information Literacy Modules on citation styles. These contain video tutorials, short quizzes, and more materials to help with the topic. Lastly, links to the citation style guides available through the Libraries.
- Citations (APA 6th) (40-49 minutes)Four modules review APA 6th Citation Style, including discussion of why citations are important.
- Citations (APA 7th) (47-58 minutes)Four modules review APA 7th Citation Style, including discussion of why citations are important.
- Citations (MLA 7th) (17-18 minutes)Two modules provide an overview of MLA 7th Citation Style; includes discussion of why citations are important.
- Citations (MLA 8th) (46-55 minutes)Four modules introduce MLA 8th Citation Style, including discussion of why citations are important.
- Citations (Turabian) (23-27 minutes)Three modules introduce the Turabian Citation Style, including discussion of why citations are important.
- Citations (Harvard) (17-18 minutes)These modules introduces students to the Harvard Citation Style, including discussion of why citations matter.
- Citations (Chicago 17th) (34-40 minutes)Five modules introduce students to the Chicago 17th Citation Style, including discussion of why citations are important.
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th by American Psychological AssociationCall Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style.
- MLA Handbook, 8th by The Modern Language Association of AmericaCall Number: LB2369 .G53 2016ISBN: 9781603292627The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook, the official guide to MLA format.
- Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new windowThe widely-used citation and style guide for scholarly writing.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
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