Research Guides: Library and Information Science: Citations

Style Guide

APA Format (Purdue OWL)
Provides citation formats and examples for a variety of resource types. See left menu on page.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) by American Psychological Association Staff
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 1433832151
Publication Date: 2020
Concise Rules of APA Style by American Psychological Association Staff
Call Number: BF76.7 .C66 2010
ISBN: 9781433805608
Publication Date: 2009
The 6th edition of the APA Style guide offering writing and formatting standards

APA Style Blog
Have a special type of resource and can't figure out how to cite it? Search here for the type of resource. The blog includes blog entries about the DSM-5, DOIs (digial object identifiers), citing yourself, citing government documents, and much more!

Citation Management Software

Citation management software allows you to organize your citations by topic, class, or project and then quickly create a bibliography or cite a source within your paper.

EndNote Basic
Organize, manage, and cite your references online. This version is free to Auraria Campus students, faculty, and staff. May also be called EndNote Online or EndNote Basic. There is no software to install.
EndNote 20
If you are not affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver, you can purchase EndNote 20.
Mendeley
Free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.
Zotero
A free product that can help you manage and format your citations. It is a Firefox plug-in. Download the plug-in and start uploading citations.
Comparison of Reference (Citation) Management Software
This Wikipedia article offers a more complete listing and comparison of citation management software.
Citation Managers Comparison Chart
Compares EndNote Desktop, EndNote Basic, Mendeley, and Zotero. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

Research Guides about Citation Management Software