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Architecture: 48-716: MSCD Pre-thesis II: Citing Sources

Citation Management Tools

Zotero
Free and open source tool that supports over 9,000 citation styles. Sync across devices. Integrate with any text editor. Collaborate with teams. Learn more.

EndNote
EndNote Basic, a limited reference management solution from the makers of EndNote™, is only available online. There is a free version and an institutional version available as part of the CMU Libraries’ subscription to Web of Science. Learn more.

SciWheel
SciWheel, an online reference manager, offers basic and premium plans. The free version allows unlimited references and access across devices, but storage is limited. Learn more.

Mendeley
Mendeley is a reference manager, academic collaboration network and crowdsourced database with a unique layer of social information research.

APA Style

APA Style
APA help from the American Psychological Association
APA Style Blog (Seventh Edition)
Great place to search for answers to your APA Style questions
Excelsior OWL: APA Style
A resource from Excelsior College

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: the Official Guide to APA Style
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
7th edition

Chicago Style

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Reference book for authors, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers.

General Citation Help

Note: The Cite Your Source Automatically citation generator feature on the Purdue OWL website is a commercial product and not recommended.

Use any citation generator app with caution. See Using Citation Generators Responsibly (Purdue OWL).

iThenticate

iThenticate
iThenticate is a plagiarism prevention tool that compares documents (including journal article manuscripts, proposals, research reports, thesis, and dissertations, etc.) against millions of published works available through the Internet and subscription databases.