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Manage Citations

Find information, support, and workshops on citation management tools, which help you keep track of articles and books as you find them, tag and annotate them, and easily create citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or other writing software.

Learn about our available tools

Find the right tool for you

Not sure which citation management tool is best for you? We can help you choose! Along with offering general tips and recommendations, our library staff provides consultations, workshops, and general guidance for a number of popular options.

Zotero

Open-source citation management tool. Compatible with Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge, and exists as a standalone application as well.

Mendeley

Mendeley assists at every stage of the research process, from gathering research and annotating PDFs to organizing citations and creating bibliographies.

Noodle Tools

An open source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It has both the flexibility and steep learning curve of a programming language.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files, online databases and other sources. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography.

EndNote

A reference manager that helps you manage citations and easily add them to articles as you write.

PowerNotes

PowerNotes is a web app that helps with online research -- gathering and keeping track of source materials, staying organized, and creating a research outline.

Get online help

Still need help? Explore these how-to videos, curated by library staff.

Upcoming Workshops

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  • Workshop
September 27, 2024

Keeping Anthropological Resources Organized with Zotero

Learn how to use the free and user-friendly software, Zotero, in order to collect your sources, keep your research organized, and generate citations for your papers.

  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Museum Library level 1
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
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  • Workshop
October 23, 2024

Reference Management Workshop

Learn how to use the popular citation management tool Zotero to keep track of your sources as you research and easily cite sources as you are writing.

  • 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Gershwind & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Holman Biotech Commons
Open to Penn Students Only
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  • Workshop
October 25, 2024

Lunch and Learn: Zotero

In this session, we will introduce you to Zotero as a citation manager and generator. We will demonstrate a basic overview of the organizational and annotation features in Zotero.

  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Class of 1955 Conference Room 241, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 2nd Floor
Open to Penn Students Only
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