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Citing Sources

RefWorks

RefWorks is a website where you can save the citations to books, articles, and other references you are using in your research. You can then use RefWorks to create bibliographies and even footnotes in the citation style you select. You can use APA, Chicago, MLA, or any of several hundred other styles used by journals, publishers, and other organizations.

RefWorks is a service that the CC library subscribes to, and CC librarians can teach you to use the site or answer your questions.

To use RefWorks, you need to go to the RefWorks website while on the CC campus and click the link to sign up for a free account.

In addition to getting help using RefWorks from CC librarians, you can use the RefWorks Support Resources web page, or try the RefWorks YouTube channel for instructional videos.

Zotero

Zotero helps with organizing and citing resources of various types, such as journal articles and websites. Zotero allows groups to work together and save and share resources within group libraries. While the basic Zotero program is free, there is now a storage limitation of up to 300 MB, and plans for storage over that. 

To use Zotero, download the program from the website. You can also install a plug-in for your browser to save data with one click. 

See the Zotero Support page for help using the program to organize data and create citations and bibliographies.

Zotero also provides ZoteroBib as a free citation builder tool. ALWAYS double check any citations from citation builders; they are computer programs and are not always accurate. Use a style guide, found on the Style Guides tab, to check your citations for things like capitalization or page number formatting. 

Mendeley & Endnote

Mendeley Reference Manager helps with organizing and citing resources of various types, such as journal articles and websites. See the Mendeley Reference Manager Help Guides page for help using the program organize references and read and annotate documents. This program is free with storage space up to 2 GB. Mendeley Cite is an add-in that allows you to insert citations and bibliographies into Microsoft Word documents. See the Mendeley Cite Help Guides page for more information. 

 

Endnote is a for-fee program for searching, sharing, and organizing resources to create citations.