Citing Sources - Student Research Toolbox - Subject Guides at Empire State College

Disclaimer

The resources provided here were evaluated by library staff during the Fall of 2008. We believe they can be useful to support individual student and group work. This does not, however, represent an endorsement of any product. Feel free to try out any that might be useful to you.

NOTE: SUNY Empire State College does not provide help or support for installing or using any of these tools. Please read all the requirements and installation documentation before installing anything on your computer. Refer to the help/contact info on the vendor sites if you require help.

Highlighters

Use these tools to highlight text on any web page for later refererence or sharing.

Cite or Track Your Sources

RefWorks
online citations management tool (free to current ESC students, faculty & staff)
BibMe
Tool to build a works-cited page and download it in APA, MLA, Chicago style, etc.
Citation Builder
Choose the type of info, type in citation details and it formats it for you in popular styles like APA and MLA.
Citation Machine
Type in the information for a source and it will format it for you in whatever citation style you choose.
CiteMe for Facebook
Facebook application for using WorldCat to get formatted citations.
Diigo
Bookmark, highlight, clip and sticky-note any page and then share your findings.
EasyBib
Formats, alphabetizes, and prints a bibliography.
Evernote
Captures & stores highlighted info (web page text or images, audio, etc.) and makes it accessible and searchable online.
Zotero
A Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, format and cite your research sources.
How to grab an APA or MLA-formatted citation from an EBSCOHost database