Research Guides: Education: Citation Management Tools

Citation Style Guide

For a more robust overview of citing, plagiarism, and citation styles, please refer to NYU's Citation Style Guide.

Citation Management Tools Enable You To...

Import citations from databases, websites, catalogs
Organize citations using folders and tags
Attach PDFs, images, etc. to your citations
Annotate your citations and/or PDFs
Output auto-formatted bibliographies and in-text citations (APA, MLA, & hundreds more styles)

How do I choose the right tool?

It depends on your personal needs and preferences. This comparison list can help.

Citation Management Tools

For help choosing a citation management tool:

See comparison list

For help using a citation management tool:

See schedule of RefWorks, EndNote, and Zotero classes (coded in pink)

EndNote
NYU has a campus-wide license to this software, which you download (at no cost to you) to your laptop or desktop computer. The software includes a less developed web-based component called EndNoteWeb, which can be used to sync across multiple personal computers.
RefWorks
NYU purchases a campus-wide subscription to this web-based service that covers all members of the NYU community. Because RefWorks is web-based, you can use it from any Internet-connected computer/device on campus or off.
Zotero
A free download that works with your web browser. There are two options: Zotero for Firefox is a Firefox-specific extension that offers the full range of functionality. Zotero Standalone -- a separate browser-independent application that can be used with Chrome, Safari, or Opera -- offers slightly less functionality than the Firefox extension.

APA 7th Edition Online Resources

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th Edition is not available as an ebook. Here are a few resources that offer paper formatting and citation guidance:

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, APA has issued a statement providing temporary online access to the style manual. Please see their website for additional information and instructions on how to temporarily access their style manual.

A librarian at Florida Atlantic University made a few video tutorials on APA 7 (available on YouTube where captions and transcripts are available):

APA Boot Camp, 7th edition, Part I, Formatting the Paper (10 minutes, 47 seconds) and
APA Boot Camp, 7th edition, Part 2, In-Text Citations and References (31 minutes, 29 seconds)
APA Boot Camp Research Guide

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