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Citation Management Tools
What are citation managers and generators?
Citation managers save and organize your references more efficiently, especially for longer projects. Use a citation manager to automatically create citations or lists of references (bibliographies) in different citation styles, insert citations into your paper, share your research, and collaborate in groups. You should always check all citation elements for missing or erroneous parts.
ASU Library supports three citation managers:
By contrast, citation generators create or generate individual citations in a specific style such as APA for immediate use.
- ASU Library Citation Manager GuideGuide that details information on how to use all three of the supported citation managers, Zotero, Mendeley, & Endnote.
- PubMed & CINAHL to Zotero Step by Step InstructionsStep by Step visual and text instructions on how to get references from PubMed & CINAHL into Zotero
- Zotero Brief Setup & Text InstructionsText instructions on setting up your Zotero account, geting references from PubMed & CINAHL into Zotero, and creating bibliographies.
APA Style Resources
- ASU Library APA Citation TutorialLearn about why citing is important and about APA citation style formatting.
- Exclesior Owl APAGreat resource for APA style and examples. Look at the links on the left to see and overview and examples related to in-text citations and reference lists.
- ASU Library APA Citation Styles GuideIncludes resources related to APA style as well as example citations found on the subheadings.
- APA Style SiteThe official word from the APA. On the APA blog they answer more obscure and specific questions.
AMA (American Medical Association) Style Resources
- AMA Journal Abbreviation Look UpLook up the correct abbreviation to use for your specific journal in AMA style.
- AMA 10th Edition - Citation Style Tip SheetBrief guide based on the 10th edition of the AMA Style Guide.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) Style Guide Resources
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) Style GuideIncludes formatting information for full documents, including appropriate margins, font size, etc. It also gives examples and format for references of different document types.