Librarian for Public Policy & Urban Planning
Cite Your Sources
- Citing SourcesA basic guide. Includes information about copyright and avoiding plagiarism.
- Purdue OWLResources for writing and citing
Citation Managers
Organize all your research in one place and quickly generate your bibliography. Not sure which to choose? Take a look at the Citation Managers guide to help you decide.
- ZoteroA free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources, PDFs, images, and audio and video files. See the UCLA Library's Zotero Research Guide or WI+RE's Get Started with Zotero tutorial for additional information.
- EndNote BasicThis is a free web-based citation manager that will help you collect and organize references and build your citations into a bibliography. Need to use proxy server to access off-campus. Access discontinues once you graduate.
A resource guide for using EndNote is available at: EndNote and EndNote Online - MendeleyA free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. Used mostly in the sciences.