A bibliographic citation manager helps you organize your citations to library resources and research files (books, articles, videos, etc.) according to the format you choose. This course requires the use of MLA format, but a citation manager can generate a bibliography in many different formats, including MLA.
The UC Merced Library supports three citation management tools: RefWorks, Mendeley, and Zotero. Which tool you choose is entirely up to you. Here's a tutorial on choosing a citation manager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eev39uG2xQ0. You'll find additional information on each of these citation managers below.
RefWorks is a subscription tool that the library pays for. All UC Merced students, faculty and staff can create an account. RefWorks helps you:
Sign-up or login to RefWorks today.
A new version of RefWorks is available. More information about choosing legacy RefWorks or new RefWorks is available at "RefWorks - New & Improved".
What is Mendeley? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sMfeS0uAjQ
The New Mendeley Reference Manager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mz02_xmLRs
Workshop Recorded 02/18/2021 by Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
00:21 Introduction and Overview of What Zotero Is
1:49 Downloading Zotero Online and Main Features
5:29 Working in Your Zotero Library
8:40 Using the Zotero Connector in Library Databases
10:50 Finding and Editing Article Information in Zotero Library
18:49 Pulling Citations from Melvyl and web pages into Zotero Library / Entering Citations by Hand
25:14 Organizing References Using Folders and Tags
27:16 Creating Bibliographies from Stored References / Choosing Citation Style Preferences
36:30 Adding Citations from PDFs
37:16 Q &A (Tags, Exporting Citations)
44:11 Zotero Web Version Features
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