Citation management tools allow a user to:
- Collect, organize, and retrieve citation information from books, articles and websites.
- Interface with the library databases and with websites.
- Work with word-processing software (Microsoft Word, Google Docs, etc.) to insert properly formatted footnotes or citations and bibliographies into a research paper
Chicago Manual of Style (notes-bibliography) is the primary citation style for most historians. KFL has access online and physical copies in the library to help students and researchers to create accurate citations. However, there are also citation management tools to make this process easier too.
Mendeley
Mendeley is a free citation manager tool that is supported by the Kraemer Family Library. You can download Mendeley on multiple devices and sync your citations across the devices using your online Mendeley account.
- Mendeley has both a cloud based version and a standalone software version that you download on your computer (PC or Mac). Sign up for a free account and download Mendeley
- Easy to highlight, annotate and organize PDFs
- Most popular citation styles are available (APA, Chicago, MLA, etc.
Zotero
Zotero is free open source software available for download on your computer or used online via the web. You can download on multiple devices and Zotero automatically synchs your data. It is not supported by the Kraemer Family Library.
- Zotero has a cloud based or a standalone version that you can download to your computer (PC or Mac) and it will synch between both
- Send PDFs and citations to Zotero using the Zotero Connector extension - but there is a limit to storage space!
- Use the Zotero citation plugin to create in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies in Microsoft Word
- Most popular citation styles are available
