Use one of these tools to keep track of your references (books, articles, websites, conference papers, etc.) In addition to keeping your set of citations organized, these tools can also format them for output as a bibliography list in any of the major citation styles.
What are the tools? Which one should I use?
- EndNote Web - if you use a variety of computers and want to have your database of citations available whereever you are, try EndNote Web. Your citations will live on a website and you can access them from anywhere. It's freely available to any member of the Tricollege community.
- Zotero - if you always use the same computer, and you use the Firefox web browser, you might like Zotero. Zotero is a free plugin for Firefox.
- EndNote - If you always use the same computer, you can try Endnote. Endnote is a commercial program with a full array of features.
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Managing Your Citations
Citation management tools - a summary:
EndNote Web:
EndNote Web (personal login for Tricollege community members)
EndNote Web is a tool for storing and managing your research citations. Store up to 10,000 citations, imported directly from Web of Science or via a download process from almost any other online database. You can also output a bibliography in any of hundreds of styles, or use "Cite While U Write" to include citations and a bibliography to your Microsoft Word documents.
EndNote Web User Guide
This guide provides step-by-step training for Trico users of EndNote Web, including instructions for using the proper filter to download citations from different databases we use in the Consortium.
Zotero:
zotero
This plugin for Firefox will allow you to quickly save citations that you're viewing on a page. If you always do your work from a single computer, this may be the best citation management tool for you.
EndNote:
EndNote.com
This is the commercial website for the Endnote product. You can download a 30-day trial here; technical support and online tutorials are also available on the site.
Getting Started with EndNote
A guide from the Swarthmore College Library.
Cite While you Write with EndNote
A guide from the Swarthmore College Library.