Other software tools that can help you study

Alternative citation tools

Other free referencing software options

  • Zotero: An excellent citation tool that works for both Chicago and APA, as well as many other referencing styles. It is free to download from https://www.zotero.org/. You can create your own account to sync across computers, and add a plugin for the Chrome browser to easily cite sources straight from your browser. Also works with Word.
  • Citefast: One good citation generator which works for both Chicago and APA is Citefast http://www.citefast.com/ You can create your own account, search for books of the web, manually enter texts and then generate bibliographies or reference lists for your assessments. If you have your own account you can keep a record of texts you use. It also gives you instructions on how to display footnotes or in-text citations. 
  • Mendeley: Mendeley allows you to "make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device". http://www.mendeley.com/
  • WORD’s citation manager: Better for in-text referencing styles See http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/word-help/create-a-bibliography-HA010368774.aspx?CTT=1