Research Guides: Dentistry & Dental Hygiene: Citation and Reference

Why Reinvent the Wheel?

Citation Manager Software helps you:

Collect, Organize, Cite, and Share your research sources (This is your personal database)
Automatically create citations using a variety of referencing styles
Effortlessly build bibliographies to properly cite the information that you use
Save and organize articles in PDF format, graphs, images, or other files for your research

WVU supports two different citation managers:

EndNote Basic This link opens in a new window
Use EndNote Web to create a personal database of references to articles, books and other research sources - create an account to begin. You must be on campus or connected to the campus network through VPN to create an account.You must also connect to the campus computer network either in-person or through VPN every 12 months to renew the cookie that authorizes your access to EndNote Web.
Zotero This link opens in a new window
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Plugins for Word and Google Docs help you quickly insert footnotes or in-text citations.

Personally, I recommend Zotero. You can export a complete bibliography once you have gathered all your articles or create one while you are working on your project. There is also a Cite & Write feature available, which does exactly what it sounds like it does. This feature works in both Word and Google Docs. The best part is that even after you graduate you will have access to your Zotero materials.

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