Citation managers are great tools for organizing your references and producing beautifully formatted bibliographies. Be sure to check with a professor or advisor about whether or not your program requires use of a specific citation manager. The Biology program currently requires students use EndNote.
Follow these links to learn more and get the software:
The university and university libraries make these products available at no cost to current NU faculty, staff, and students.
When you install the EndNote software to your computer, it comes with a plugin for Word, called Cite While You Write. This plugin will allow you to add references directly to your papers as you're writing them.
For PC Users:
For Mac users: