PSYC 1094: Citation Management Tools

Citation managers are research project time-savers, especially if you plan to do large research projects with lots of references! They allow you to build your own database of citations and sources for your research projects. They provide tools to automate in-text citation and bibliography creation for research documents, such as research papers, grant proposals, and article manuscripts. They may also include options to share all or parts of your citation database with others - for collaborative research projects.

The Citation Managers library guide at VT Libraries is a great resource!

Virginia Tech Libraries recommends using any of these citation managers:

• Mendeley (free) | Mendeley Tutorials 
• Zotero (free) | Zotero Tutorials
• EndNote (provided by Virginia Tech Libraries through 2020) | EndNote X8 Tutorials

Each of these tools can be helpful, depending on what type of project you're working on. View this citation manager comparison chart from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for help deciding which tool to use:

Citation Manager Comparison Chart

If you have questions about using these tools, don't hesitate to contact your librarian or one of the citation manager support groups on the citation managers library guide!