Library Orientation for Graduate and Professional New Students

What is a Citation Manager?

Citation managers are tools that help you keep track of your research sources. Many have related features like tagging, notes, and citation and bibliography creation. You might have to try different citation managers to see which one works best for you. 

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

See our guide on Citation Managers for more information.

Here is a list of informational/instructional pages on citation managers you can use.