Why do we cite?
Scholarship is a conversation. When you cite, you are referring to another's work and giving them proper credit. You are giving your readers the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic by providing your references. You are also showing that you are building on scientific research from the past and how your ideas fit into the future!
Free Citation Generator
- MyBIB Citation GeneratorEnter the URL, title, or DOI to generate an APA formatted reference and in-text citation. You must proofread the generated citations for errors.
Reference Managers
- Sciwheel This link opens in a new window
Web-based citation management and scholarly sharing tool. Free to University of Iowa users. You must create an account.
Formerly known as F1000 Workspace. - EndNote Basic This link opens in a new windowUSE https://login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://my.endnote.com to register OFF CAMPUS; EndNote Basic is the web-based version of the EndNote citation manager software. This website will allow you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. (See the available Help Sheet)
Making links work from off campus: UI Libraries’ proxy server address
To make sure University of Iowa users can access the article away from campus, copy our proxy server address (login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=) into the URL so that the whole thing looks like https://login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102127 This will trigger the website to ask for HawkIDs and passwords to allow access to protected content.
