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Citing Sources: Citation Managers

Learn how to cite your sources

 

Citation Managers

Before you start your research, it is important for you to determine how you will keep track of the resources you find and how you will manage your citations. A citation manager is a great way to collect and organize your citations. Citation managers allow you to save all of your citations in one place. They also help you create bibliographies and in-text citations. Always double-check citations from citation managers. They sometimes make errors in formatting citations, and you may have to do some manual edits. Here are examples of citation managers you may choose to use:

Citation Managers

A Few Simple Form-based Citation Makers

Some web sites allow users to enter the citation information (author, title, journal, volume, etc.) and will create a citation for you on the fly which you can copy and paste into your bibliography. Always double-check citations from citation generators. They sometimes make errors in formatting citations, and you may have to do some manual edits.