PH 201-Foundations of Public Health (Young, Fall 2023)

A bibliographic citation manager will format citations for you in the format you choose, help you create in-line citations, and generate bibliographies or "works cited" lists for your papers. Citation managers can be a real gift when you're pressed for time, or when you have a lot of citations to manage.

The UCM Library supports three citation managers: RefWorks, Zotero, and Mendeley. "Support" means that these are the three citation managers with which all of the librarians are familiar. We've created guides for each of them, we offer workshops on their use, and we can help you with any questions you may have. We may not know much about EasyBib or other citation managers.

Choosing a Citation Management Tool by Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco

Manage Your Research with RefWorks by Sara Davidson Squibb

Using Zotero to Manage Your Research by Elizabeth McMungg-Tetangco

RefWorks is an online tool for managing and citing your references. 

With RefWorks you can

• add and organize reference information (aka citation information).
• save and annotate files (e.g. PDF of an article) associated with each reference.
• cite references in a citation style of your choice.
• write in Word or Google docs and create citations along the way. 
• collaborate on a project or share references with peers & colleagues.

RefWorks is provided by the UC Merced Library to all UC Merced students, faculty and staff. 

Create an account to get started. 

Zotero

• citation management tool
• web, desktop, and mobile platforms

Tools

• easily import citations from academic journals & the web
• can format citations on Google Docs and Microsoft Word
• allows for collaboration with team members
• ZoteroBib provides quick citations 
• Retraction Watch informs you when articles are retracted

Access

• free account with 300 MB of storage; purchase premium accounts to access more storage

Citation Styles

• Offers over 9400 citation styles, in fields from anthropology to zoology
• Import, edit, and save citation styles

Adding References

• Drop and drag citation styles; Zotero will try to extract citation information
• Export citation from databases
• Import citations from the web
• Add manually

Viewing Options

• View references in folders or full library

Organizing References

• Create folders and sub-folders

Sharing References

• Share references through groups; invite via email
• Groups can be open (public), or private

Linking to Full-Text

• If available Zotero will attempt to download a full-text PDF when importing citations (you can also set Zotero to NOT download full-text PDFs)

Creating Bibliographies

• Right-click to select citations and click "Create bibliography from items..."
• Use Zotero's Microsoft Word or Google Doc plugins

How to use Mendeley 101 by GradCoach