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EMBA Resources: Citation

Citation

In the research process, you will have to learn not only how to cite a particular document within your work, but also how to organize the citations in your bibliographies. Make sure that you always ask your professors for the right citation style!

Citation Management

Citation Management Tools are software applications designed to gather references to various research databases and sources. They are an invaluable tool in organizing the research process. In addition, they also assist in automatically generating bibliographies, citations, and footnotes. This can help you not only save time but also avoid some typographical errors as well.

 

Most popular citation styles

Depending on the requirement of the professor, you will be asked to use one of the following popular citation styles.

MLA Style – Modern Languages Association style - literature, arts, and humanities.

APA Style – American Psychological Association style - psychology, education, and other social sciences

Chicago Style – The Chicago Manual of Style - used with all subjects in the "real world" by books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publication

Citation Management Tools

 Zotero

 

Zotero is a free citation management tool that helps you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. With Zotero, you can:

  • Gather automatically citations from library catalogs, databases, and websites.
  • Organize your citations, including PDFs and notes.
  • Create projects and work on them with other researchers.
  • Create bibliographies in various citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).
  • Use it directly in MS Word and Google Docs.

Learn more in this tutorial.

 

  Mendeley

 

Mendeley is a free reference manager that can help you store, organize, note, share and cite references and research data. With Mendeley, you can:

  • Automatically generate bibliographies.
  • Collaborate easily with other researchers online.
  • Easily import papers from other research software.
  • Find relevant papers based on what you're reading.
  • Access your papers from anywhere online.

Learn more in this tutorial.

 

RefWorks

 

RefWorks is an easy-to-teach, learn, and use reference management service that simplifies research workflow. It enables effortless collection, organization, and collaboration. With Ref Works, you can:

  • Organize, read, annotate, and highlight full-text documents individually or share privately.
  • Collaborate on group projects and edit as a team online and in real-time.
  • Automatically generate bibliographies and authoritative citations from more than 6,000 citation styles.

Learn more in this tutorial.