Zotero is a free, easy-to-use citation management tool that helps you to organise your research materials, as well as format citations and create bibliographies in seconds.
Availability – free.
How to use Zotero:
- Download and install Zotero and Connector.
- Create a Zotero account.
- Save documents (articles, books chapters, websites or other sources) to your Zotero library.
- Use the Zotero Word plugin to add in-text citations and insert a bibliography to your study paper.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and an academic social network. With Mendeley you can organize and search your personal library, import references, generate citations and bibliographies in a whole range of citing styles and cite as you write.
Availability – free.
How to use Mendeley:
- You can download this tool to your computer.
- Or you can create a Mendeley account to access many of Mendeley’s features and services online, without the need to install any software.
Mendeley guides
Getting Started with Mendeley