Research by Subject: Documenting Your Research

CITATION & BIBLIOGRAPHY MANAGERS

RefWorks Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only

RefWorks is a web-based tool designed to help you organize your references and use them to create bibliographies and format citations in papers. This bibliography manager essentially allows you to create your own personal database of references by manually entering reference information or by importing references from online library catalogs and article databases. It then helps you to create correctly styled in-text citations and bibliographies from your list of references.

Accessing Refworks On and Off Campus
Any Wheaton student, staff, or faculty member can create his or her own Refworks account. From on campus, simply choose a username and password to create your account.

For off-campus access, please contact Elliot for the Group Code.

Exporting References from a Specific Database
The Refworks Help includes a page with step by step directions for exporting from almost any scholarly database. You can also export from our library catalog, HELIN.

Write-N-Cite for MS Word 2007 (PC) & MS Word 2008 (Mac)
To use RefWorks with the newest versions of Word for PC or Mac, download the newest version of Write-N-Cite. You can also still download the older version for use with previous Word versions.

More Help & Training Sessions
For any questions, to learn more about RefWorks, or to set up an in-class training session, please contact Elliot.

Zotero Free Resource



Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives within the Firefox (3.0+) web browser. Zotero allows you to automatically import references from online catalogs and databases, as well as open websites like Amazon, newspaper sites, blogs, even Flickr and Youtube. It also allows you to save pdf's, images, and other files along with the reference information. You can then easily create automatically formatted bibliographies and in-text citations from your library of references. Zotero is a production of the Center for History and New Media and George Mason University.

2.0 Version
The new 2.0 version now supports syncing your account between computers, and offers the possibility of creating collaborative group collections.

Some Limitations
Please note that Zotero is only supported with Firefox (not Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, etc), and it only runs within your computer's browser (it is not web-based, though the new version does offer web-syncing). If you prefer another browser, or if you often move between multiple computers, RefWorks might be a better choice for your citation management.

Documentation
Zotero provides excellent documentation about how to install, set-up, and use its different functionality.

More Help & Training Sessions
For any questions, to learn more about Zotero, or to set up an in-class training session, please contact Elliot.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) STYLE GUIDES

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.
Call Number: On Reserve Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only
Includes APA citation format guidelines. Also available in Reference Room, Ref BF76.7 .P83 2010
Updates on APA web site: http://www.apastyle.org/

Basics of APA Style Tutorial Free Resource
A quick flash tutorial to the basics of citing in APA. From APA Online.

Online Writing Lab at Purdue - APA Formatting and Style Guide Free Resource
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Highly recommended.

Research & Documentation Online - APA Style Free Resource
Basic formatting rules for in-text citations and works cited references. From Diana Hacker.

CHICAGO/TURABIAN STYLE GUIDES

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
Call Number: At the Information Desk Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only
One of the widely used style manuals for writing about history and documenting sources.  Includes instructions for and examples of in-text citation and the reference list form.

Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide Free Resource
Condensed version of The Chicago Manual of Style.  This version does not include the detail of the original, but is useful for general guidance.

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers, 7th ed.
Call Number: On Reserve Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only
Turabian style guide - an off-shoot of Chicago style. Also available in Reference Room, Ref LB2369 .T8 2007

Online Writing Lab at Purdue - Chicago Manual of Style Free Resource
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Highly recommended.

Research & Documentation Online - Chicago Style Free Resource
Basic formatting rules for in-text citations and works cited references. From Diana Hacker.

MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) STYLE GUIDES

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
Call Number: On Reserve Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only
Authoritative guide to writing papers, and citing sources. Also available in Reference Room, Ref LB2369 .G53 2009

Online Writing Lab at Purdue - MLA Formatting and Style Guide Free Resource
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Highly recommended.

Research & Documentation Online - MLA Style Free Resource
Basic formatting rules for in-text citations and works cited references. From Diana Hacker.

SCIENTIFIC STYLE GUIDES

ACS Style Guide: Effective communication of scientific information, 3rd ed.
Call Number: Ref QD8.5 .A25 2006 Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only
American Chemical Society style manual.

Scientific Style and Format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers, 7th ed.
Call Number: Ref T11 .S386 2006 Wheaton Faculty, Staff, & Students only
Council of Science Editors style manual.