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Citing Sources

In this section, you will find resources to help you cite your sources appropriately. We provide resources for citing in various referencing systems (APA, Harvard, IEEE), and list some tools to help you create and manage your references.

 

Online Citation Generators

Online Citation Generators

Alternatively, you can consider using online tools to generate citations for you, especially if you just need to cite a few references. Again, we strongly recommend you check the accuracy of citations generated by these tools before including them in your work.

Examples - Online Citation Generators

ZoteroBib is an online citation generator developed by Zotero. It helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. 

To generate a citation, you can refer to the steps below:

  1. Visit zoterobib and search with the URL, ISBN, DOI, or title of the material you wish to cite.
  2. Select a citation style.
  3. Click to edit the auto-generated information if necessary.
  4. Click to copy the in-text citation.  You may include a page number and/or omit the author in the in-text citation if you wish.
  5. Click to copy the reference list.  You can generate multiple records and copy all of them at once.


You may also learn more from the short video below: