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Rhode Island School of Design

Citation Tools

A guide to bibliographic + citation style tools to help you organize & manage your research

Other information management tools

Citation Management Tools

Zotero is a browser extension used to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Zotero Quick start guide | Zotero tutorials (McGill Univ. Libraries) Use with JURIS-M for multilingual citation translation. For more information see this Tutorial (UC Boulder Libraries)

Similar to Zotero, Mendeley helps to organize and search your personal library, annotate documents and cite as you write.


Visual Information Organizing Tools

Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge.

Evernote helps you capture, organize, and share notes from anywhere.

Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform that enables brainstorming, planning and workflow management. More info.


Online Citation Tools

BibMe formats a bibliography in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian citation styles.

Easybib generates citations in various styles. Some require a subscription.

Zoterobib is developed by the team behind Zotero.