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What is a Citation Manager?

Bibliographic management software, or citation managers, can save time by:

  • Keeping track of reference sources
  • Downloading citations from article databases or book catalogs
  • Automatically formatting bibliographies in MS Word, OpenOffice (aka LibreOffice) or Google Docs.
  • Creating bibliographies in different publication styles

Citation Managers

The Library features RefWorks because users have found it easy to use & subscribes to it.  But not everyone likes RefWorks –tastes and needs vary.  Here is a list of informational/instructional pages on citation managers you can use.