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MSP Workshop - Research Strategies and Resources (HC): Citations

Introduction to Advanced Techniques Fall 2019

Citation Manager

Zotero: The Tri-College Libraries recommend Zotero, a free online app that can format your bibliography, keep your citations organized, and even save your articles in the cloud so you can access them later from the library, home, or a café.

Zotero: A Citation Tool
A tri-college guide to installing and using Zotero to save your references and then cite them in footnotes and the computer-generated bibliography.

Citation Manuals and Guides

The most commonly used citation styles are those created by the Modern Languages Association, the American Psychological Association, and the University of Chicago.  See resources below for details.  For information about other citation styles, see:

         Citation (Tricollege guide)

         Research and Citation Sources (Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)