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The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Anthropology

Guide for Library Research in Anthropology

Citing Sources

You will be adding your voice to on-going scholarly and professional conversations in anthropology. Providing citations is an opportunity to acknowledge your predecessors and contemporaries as you engage with, challenge, and build upon their ideas.

AAA Style

APA Style

Citation Managers

Citation managers are software that allows you to:

  1. Create bibliographies and references automatically in many styles
  2. Embed footnotes, end notes, and in-text citations in a document
  3. Re-use your research over time

You'll still need to review inputs and outputs for accuracy, but their automated capabilities do away with a great deal of menial sorting and organizing.

Zotero

Zotero is a free, open source citation manager. Your account is not tied to UMass, so you can take your citation library wherever you go.

The library offers an extensive guide to getting started with Zotero.

AAA style is not automatically installed and must be manually added to your Zotero app (instructions).