The purpose of this page is to assist you in formatting citations and creating your bibliography. There are many different formats to use when citing a source in a paper.
If you have any questions, problems, or comments about citations or the tools recommended in this guide, please ask a librarian.
EndNote Desktop and EndNote Basic are two versions of software for organizing and formatting citations. Full information for setting it up and using it with sciences databases, and for using it with BibTeX, can be found in the guide below.
Sciwheel is another reference management software that all University of Iowa students and staff have access to. Learn more by going to the Sciwheel guide.
The word "BibTeX'' stands for a tool and a file format which are used to describe and process lists of references, mostly in conjunction with LaTeX documents. Most UI Libraries' databases have an option to export citations in BibTeX format.
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.