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INI101: Blogging the just city

This guide supports the class taught by Prof. Shawn Micallef.

Citation Managers

Citing your papers is an important part of the research process. 

  • Why cite?: Learn about plagiarism, and why it's important to cite other people's work.
  • How not to plagiarize: Discover what you need to cite, and how to cite it properly.

However, citing your papers can also become one of the more frustrating and time-consuming parts of the research process. Citation management software can help you save time by allowing you to:

  • Collect citations from online databases and library catalogues
  • Organize, edit, and search through the citations you've saved
  • Insert in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies into your Word document
  • Create bibliographies in well-known styles like APA, Vancouver, and even specific journal styles like Nature
  • Share your citations and collaborate with colleagues on projects

Cite Images

The following sites have tips on the type of information you need for you citing images in various citation styles: MLA, APA & Chicago / Turabian style: 

Which citation manager should I use?

Citation managers can help you:  

  • collect the citation information for books, articles, websites, and more 
  • automatically format in-text citations and bibliographies
  • save the citation information, PDFs and notes in the cloud
  • organize the research materials in folders or share folders with others

More info can be found in UofT Libraries Citation Management Guide (includes Mendeley) or this comparison chart of reference management software on Wikipedia for even more suggestions.

CITATION MANAGER WORD PROCESSOR / SOFTWARE SET UP  ONLINE GUIDES

Zotero (free)

www.zotero.org

 

Word 

Google Docs

 

Register for Zotero Account (free with storage limit) 

Download software for computers  

(Shut down MS Word before opening file)

Zotero Mobile Apps

LOGIN - Zotero web interface 

UofT Libraries Zotero Guide 

Zotero Quick Start Guide 

Zotero Help Documentation

ProQuest RefWorks

(Free, UofT)

 

Word

Google Docs

Register for Refworks account 

Free with your utoronto.ca email

Avoid using the older version of RefWorks (orange logo). 

LOGIN - Refworks 

RefWorks Get Started Guide 

RefWorks Quick Start Guide

EndNoteOnline Basic (free)

 

Word 

Google Docs

Register for free EndNoteOnline Basic account

Download Cite While You Write plugin

LOGIN EndNoteOnline Basic  

EndNote Online Libguide

UofT EndNote Online Guide

EndNoteOnline Premium ($$)

Word

Pages 

Google Docs

EndNote Software - UofT Bookstore

EndNoteOnline Premium (30 Day Trial)  

EndNote Training (videos, modules, handouts and more)