You may wonder: are there tools to help with citation and references?
Free options: Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote Basic
A EndNote Licensed product is available for use by current NU faculty, staff, and students. These tools can help you collect and manage your references, and auto-format citations and bibliographies in your papers.
A nurse's step-by-step guide to writing a dissertation or scholarly project 2nd. ed. by For help with academic writing, consider a visit to Northeastern's Writing Center.
Check our pages on avoiding plagiarism and citations and bibliographies.
If you're not sure which citation format to use, please check with your instructor.
Most but not all nursing research papers use the APA (American Psychological Association) Style Guide for citing sources.
AMA Manual of Style (American Medical Association)
