Research Guides: INF 330: Advanced Research Skills: Citation Management

Using Citation Managers

Citation managers are amazing tools that can assist you during the research process. Using citation mangers is a way for you to collect, manage, and organize citations for all the articles, books and other sources you find. You can use them to create reference lists in a wide range of styles, do in-text citations, and share articles and citations with colleagues.

The three citation managers that MCPHS supports are Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley.

Longform Reads & In-Depth Resources

Comparison of the Accuracy of Bibliographical References Generated for Medical Citation Styles by EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks and Zotero
In this study, the accuracy of references to online and printed articles, books, contributions to edited books and web resources generated by EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks and Zotero were compared with manually written references according to the citation instructions in 15 biomedical journals and the NLM citation style.
Approximately 50 minute reading time.
Graduate Student Use and Non-use of Reference and PDF Management Software: An Exploratory Study
This study surveyed graduate students about how and if they use citation management tools.
Approximately 50 minute reading time.
MCPHS Guide to Citation Managers
This guide compares the different features of the citation managers that MCPHS has resources for: Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley.
MCPHS Guide to EndNote
This guide will walk you through setting up an account and the primary functions of EndNote, while providing you access to additional resources.
MCPHS Guide to Mendeley
This guide will walk you through setting up and using Mendeley, as well as some specific tips and strategies.
MCPHS Guide to Zotero
This guide will walk you through setting up and using Zotero, as well as some specific tips and strategies.

Video Demonstration: Zotero

This brief introductory video demonstrates how Zotero works use those references to add citations and bibliographies to your papers.

Video Demonstration: EndNote

This video provides a quick overview of the most basic workflows in EndNote 20 for Windows.

This video provides a quick overview of the most basic workflows in EndNote 20 for macOS.

Video Demonstration: Mendeley

This video provides a detailed explanation of how to use Mendeley for reference management.