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BME Capstone 370 & 371

Using a Citation Manager

Using a Citation Manager as an Research Aid

A citation manager provides valuable assistance as you research and as you write.  This tool is for:

  • Collecting bibliographic information for the sources you read and use.
  • Organizing the PDFs and other documents that go along with the citations.
  • As you write, formatting in-text citations or footnotes, and bibliographies.
  • Changing to different citation styles.

Also, you may use the citation manager to:

  • Import citations and documents using the assistance of software features and without typing in the information.
  • Create subgroups within the larger group.
  • Share with others.
  • Annotate records with your notes.

A citation manager helps you get organized and stay organized, and saves time with formatting final papers.


Which Citation Manager?

Any citation manager is better than no citation manager.  We recommend Zotero for most students.  The price is right and the features good.

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