Subject Guides: Citing Sources: Tools and Generators

Citing Sources: Tools and Generators

How to appropriately cite your sources

These tools will require you to create an account in order to use their services.

ZoteroBib
free service to help people quickly create bibliographies
Endnote Basic
Access online, includes Cite While You Write. 50,000 reference storage; 3300+ bibliographic styles; 2GB of file storage
Mendeley
research paper/bibliography manager; free download
Zotero
Register to create a login & password for web access; download to your personal device (& sync items).

bibme
lets you search by ISBN, title, or author; format citations for books, journals, newspapers, websites. Has an autofill function, will format your bibliography for MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian, then export it all to Microsoft Word for easy insertion into a research paper.
Citefast
APA, MLA, Chicago
Citing Data - Data Reference Guide
Lists sources for & information about citing data
EasyBib
APA, Chicago, MLA styles only.
Landmark Citation Machine
Includes MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago styles.
Noodle tools for MLA
ReadCube
Free reference & citation manager for article PDFs. Relies on Google Scholar & PubMed.
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also offers a "pro" version via subscription. Review at http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=loexquarterly

Anatomy of a Citation: APA
3 short videos about creating APA citations for journal articles, books, & book chapters. Test your knowledge by identifying all the parts of the citation & putting them in the correct order.
Total time, including videos—about 10 minutes.
Anatomy of a Citation: MLA
includes 3 short videos about creating MLA citations for journal articles, books, & book chapters. Test your knowledge by identifying all the parts of the citation & putting them in the correct order.
Total time, including videos—about 13 minutes.

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