Citation management tools


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:

  1. Download and install Zotero and Connector.
  2. Create a Zotero account.
  3. Save documents (articles, books chapters, websites or other sources) to your Zotero library.
  4. Use the Zotero Word plugin to add in-text citations and insert a bibliography to your study paper.

Quick Start Guide


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:

Mendeley guides
Getting Started with Mendeley