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POLT 403F – Politics Senior Honors: Stay organized: Citation management

Tools, tips, and tricks for conducting research in politics, prepared for the students enrolled in POLT 403F Politics Senior Honors.

Citation management

Organizing your sources will facilitate your writing process; to that end, citation management software is a great option!

RefWorks

RefWorks is ProQuest's cloud-based citation management software; our subscription to ProQuest allows you to maintain a RefWorks account after graduation! RefWorks allows users to:

  • Search library catalogs, including OBIS and OhioLINK;
  • Store references in .pdf format, and make annotations;
  • Search the full text of saved references, and save searches;
  • Generate reference lists that comply with a variety of citation styles; and
  • Share folders to collaborate with others

Visit the RefWorks website to learn more.

Zotero

Zotero is a free, open-source citation management software application that provides similar functionality to RefWorks.

Where RefWorks is cloud-based (used in browser), Zotero is a downloadable application; both tools offer synchronization across devices.

Visit the Zotero website to learn more.