Citation Guides: Citation Managers

Below, you will find a list of tools that will help you to format your in-text citations, notes, and bibliography and some that even allow you to store, manage, and share your research resources.

Remember that software and online tools are fallible. The citations created using these programs are only as good as the information they contain. Be sure to check your citations carefully!

Zotero 
Zotero software is free to download from the web, and runs on your computer with a connection to most web browsers. Zotero allows you to organize and share citations and reference lists, and store research documents.

Bucknell offers support for Zotero, as well as unlimited storage space for current students, faculty, and staff who sign up with a Bucknell email address. Please consult these instructions to get started with Zotero. 

Note for Mac Users: Zotero works best with Chrome or Firefox. If you are experiencing issues with Zotero while using Safari, please try using Chrome or Firefox instead.

RefWorks 
Our subscription to RefWorks will end on June 30, 2024.
Please use Zotero instead!

Bucknell supported software, web-based, and free to students, faculty, and staff. RefWorks can capture citations from the Library Catalog, subject databases, Google Scholar, and web sites, and format them for your bibliography or reference list. It can also store research documents, and interfaces with Microsoft Word.