Subject Guide Template: Organize & cite your sources

Manage your sources

Everyone will approach the collection and organization of research sources in different ways to suit their own preferences. However, the following advice generally applies:

• For electronic sources, download copies and back them up to the cloud
• For every source, take good notes and record page number references for text that you want to quote/paraphrase
• Ensure that you record sufficient details about each source so you can cite it properly
• Use an online research manager to help you (see below)

 Cite your sources

[Subject] students will commonly be asked to use [Disciplinary style] to cite their sources.

[Consider including here some example citations to commonly-used material, e.g. books and online videos]

Click here for the Library's guide to [Disciplinary style]  Style [Link to appropriate page of citation guide]

 Online research managers

Organizing and citing your sources can be challenging, but fortunately there are several free online tools to help you. These allow you to:

• Save copies of the sources that you have found, and back them up to the cloud
• Make notes and highlights on PDF copies that you have saved
• Automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies

The Library recommends the following tools:

Mendeley   

Zotero