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Rural & Environmental Sociology

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Citations

Citation Management Software

Citation management software saves your time by helping you keep track of the articles, books and other resources you use, and helps you instantly format your bibliographies into the citation style of your choosing. On this page, you'll find information about two of the most popular citation management tools, EndNote and Zotero.

Zotero
Zotero is a free tool with web, browser and desktop versions that allows users to easily capture citation information directly from their browsers. It includes a plugin for Word and other word processing software to let users to create bibliographies using over 7000 citation styles. Zotero allows users to create or join groups to collaborate.

Learn how to optimize Zotero's settings to work with OSU's subscription materials and your citations.

EndNote
EndNote is a research management software package that imports, organizes and stores the citations you find using research databases and library catalogs. EndNote also stores and organizes the full text of your references. EndNote integrates with Word to format citations and bibliographies instantly.

EndNote is available at a discounted price from the OSU Tech Hub.
Learn how to optimize EndNote's settings for use with OSU Libraries' resources.
Use Pages instead of Word? Get the EndNote Cite-While-You-Write plugin from Apple.
For technical questions about EndNote, please contact EndNote Support

EndNote Online
EndNote Online is a web-based version of EndNote that can be used alone or with the EndNote desktop software. EndNote Online imports, stores, and organizes citations, and formats citations and bibliographies using a Word plugin.

EndNote Online is available for free to all OSU students, faculty and staff. Users can create an account and access EndNote Online via myendnoteweb.com, or through the EndNote link in Web of Science.
For technical questions about EndNote Online, please contact EndNote Support.

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