Citation Management Tools

This section demonstrates how to use the Library One Search to generate citations, copy them, and paste them into your document for immediate use without using a citation manager. You should always check all citation elements for missing or erroneous parts.

Library One Search

1. Once you locate an item in Library One Search, click on the Quotation Mark icon in the upper right corner of the record to open a citation panel. You can format your citation in a number of styles (APA, Chicago/Turabian, Harvard, MLA) and then save it to your clipboard.
2. Once you generate the citation, you can find it in your clipboard and paste it into your document.

Nearly all of the databases available through ASU Library, which you can find in our A-Z Databases page, have quick ways to generate citations for the resources you find in them.

Website Services for Generating Citations (mostly free)

ZoteroBib generates citations in thousands of styles that can be saved in a bibliography from any computer or device without creating an account or installing any software. It also generates in-text citations, unlike most other citation generators.

The same company owns EasyBib, BibMe, and Citation Machine, which generate citations for free in the MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles for a long list of source types. However, if you want more citation styles and additional functionality, you will have to pay.

These citation generators are not integrated with ASU Library's article databases or catalog.