Research Guides: ECI 645: Modern Elementary School Science: Manage Citations

Citation managers & generators

Citation Managers

Citation managers collect, organize and store citations for you. They are great for large papers with lots of references or for individuals who enjoy staying organized. These tools are not always accurate so always double-check your citation.

Mendeley
Mendeley is a reference manager, academic collaboration network and crowd sourced database with a unique layer of social information research. Mendeley Desktop is available on Mac, Windows and Linux. Mendeley Web functions on all major browsers. Mobile versions of Mendeley are available for IPad, IPhone and Android devices.

Citation Generators

Citation generators will format a reference for you into a specific citation style. They only do one citation at a time and do not save or organize your references. Great for individuals writing shorter papers. These tools are not always accurate so always double-check your citation.

Google Scholar Citation Generator
Look up an citation in Google Scholar, then look for the "Cite" link below the citation. This link provides examples of the citation in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.
EasyBib
Free bibliography generator that can automatically format citations in a variety of styles.