Research Subject Guides: Communication Studies : Citing Sources

Citation Resources

Citations & Bibliographies at Snell Library: get citation help from your Northeastern librarians!

The Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL): offers in-depth guides to citing in APA and MLA styles.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online: the official guide to citing sources in Chicago/Turabian style.

The AP Stylebook Online: provides an A-Z guide to usage, spelling, and punctuation according to Associated Press standards. Ten concurrent users are allowed.

Citation Managers

What is a citation manager?

A citation manager is a piece of software that helps you organize your research and create bibliographies, reference lists or works cited pages. Citation managers generally offer a range of citation styles and features to choose from.

EndNote
EndNote helps you manage your bibliography and citations, and is installed onto the computer of your choice. You store your citations offline on your computer, and use a Microsoft Word or Mac Pages plugin to automatically create bibliographies. EndNote is licensed for use by current NU faculty, staff, and students.
EndNote Online
EndNote Online/EndNote Web is a free, web-based version of the popular EndNote software. EndNote Online does not require download or installation. Make sure you sign up with your Northeastern.edu email address to access all features.
Mendeley
Free software that will help manage research, annotate PDFs, and format citations. Mendeley has both a cloud-based and desktop component.
RefWorks
RefWorks helps you manage your bibliography and citations, and can be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet. You store your citations on the RefWorks website, and use a Microsoft Word plugin to automatically create bibliographies. RefWorks is licensed for use by current NU faculty, staff, and students.
Zotero
Zotero is a free open-source citation manager that lives in your web browser (Chrome or FireFox). It also offers plugins that can insert citations into your word processor.