Engineering Guide to Research

A citation manager is a tool that can help you organize the different sources (books, journal articles, websites, etc.) that you work with, and automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies for you.

With a citation manager, you can:

• Save detailed citation information and PDFs associated with sources
• Organize all your sources in one place
• Generate in-text citations and bibliographies in thousands of citation styles
• Share source information with your collaborators
• Reduce the time you spend on citation

There are a number of different citation management tools available. Here are a few popular, free options:

• EndNote Basic
• Mendeley
• Zotero

Additionally, McMaster has a site license for EndNote software (Windows or macOS) that is available to current McMaster employees and students for download (at no cost).

For more information about each of these tools, including setup instructions for each, visit the Guide to Citation Management Software.