Research Guides: Nursing: Manage Citations

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This guide covers resources for nursing research and practice.

APA Style Guide (Purdue OWL)
A brief online style guide that will show you how to format citations in-text and in your bibliography in APA style.
APA Style from the Excelsior Online Writing Lab
The APA style demos in this resource will provide you with more information regarding APA basic formatting, in-text citations, and the references list.

A citation manager is a software tool used to create personalized databases of citation information and notes. They allow you to:

import and organize citation information from article indexes and other sources,
export your citations into Word documents or other types of publications,
format citations for your papers and bibliographies using APA and many other styles, and
include your own notes.

Feature	Zotero	Mendeley (not recommended)	EndNote 20	EndNote Online
Cost	Free	Free	Price options	Free
Styles	Many citation styles	Many citation styles	Many citation styles	Fewer citation styles
Plug-ins	Microsoft Word, Google Docs	Microsoft Word (not compatible with UMN Office 365)	Microsoft Word	Microsoft Word
Access	Desktop/Web	Desktop/Web	Desktop/Web	Web
Storage	300MB free	2GB free	Unlimited	2GB free
PDF reader	yes	yes	yes	no
Editor integration	Word, Google Docs	Word	Word	Word
Sharing	Unlimited	Limited	Unlimited	Limited
Support	Zotero support	Mendeley support	EndNote 20 support	EndNote Online support

Zotero (download link) is a free, open-source citation manager that:

imports and organizes citations and PDFs;
recognizes and creates citations for wide range of file types;
formats citations in thousands of styles including APA and Chicago;
easily adds in-text citations to Word and Google Doc documents, and creates a bibliography from those citations;
allows you to add notes to your citation information for later use.

Last Updated: Feb 7, 2025 2:51 PM