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BIOCORE (Biology Core Curriculum) 181: Becoming a Scientist: Doing Biology Research (Fall 2023) : Citation Managers

Citing Sources

Citation Managers

Citation managers make it easy to store, organize, and cite your sources!

At their most basic, citation management tools allow you to:

  • Collect articles, books, webpages (and lots more) for use in research.
  • Format and create bibliographies using a particular citation style, to export into a research document. 

More advanced features in citation management tools allow you to:

  • Link to source materials.
  • Store source materials.
  • Insert in-text citations and bibliography entries while writing in a word processor.
  • Collaborate with others.
  • Annotate within PDFs.

What is a Citation Manager?

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