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Scientific and Scholarly Writing

Tips and tools for writing scientific and scholarly papers.

Choosing a Citation Manager

Citation managers help you organize and keep track of your references and generate bibliographies. Some also have plugins for in-paper citations, the ability to attach full text pdfs to citations, and tools to share your bibliographies with collaborators.

Citation Manager Cost Get it
EndNote Desktop (can sync with EndNote Online)

EndNote Logo

Free for UMass Chan and UMMHC users.

Download instructions for EndNote Desktop Software and support links
EndNote Web/ Online/ Basic

EndNote Web

Free myendnoteweb.com
RefWorks (Web-based)

Refworks

Free for UMass Chan and UMMHC users.

Create an account at refworks.com using your institutional email.

UMass Chan RefWorks Resource Guide

Zotero (Desktop and Web-based)

Zotero

Freemium (Free for up to 300MB of cloud storage. Pay for additional storage.) zotero.org
Mendeley (Desktop and Web-based)

Mendeley

Freemium (Free for up to 2GB of cloud storage. Pay for additional storage.) mendeley.com

EndNote Guidance

For troubleshooting help:

EndNoteTech Support: 9AM-8PM EST Mon-Fri

1-800-336-4474
(at the prompt, press 2; then select 1 - "ResearchSoft Products" option)

Visit EndNote's KnowledgeBase to search for detailed answers to your questions from EndNote's experts.

RefWorks Guidance

Mendeley Guidance

Citation Style Guides

AMA (American Medical Association)

APA (American Psychological Association)

Chicago

MLA (Modern Language Association)

Vancouver