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ARH 390: Experiential Exhibiton Design - Cywin: Citing & Annotating

Citing with Databases

Many databases will generate a citation for you in the style of your choosing. They're not always perfect, but they provide a helpful start. Be on the look out for the feature when you're on a database!

There are also two great pieces of software for organizing research and generating citations, RefWorks and Zotero. Read more about them to the right!

Using Chicago Style

Annotated Bibliographies

Annotated bibliographies are essentially fancy works cited lists. You cite a source (see above) and then write a little summary about it. A great summary would include a short description of what the resource is about, why you think it's reliable, and how it's related to your topic.

See below for an example:

Research & Citation Managers

Part of researching is having a strategy on how to manage all these resources/citations you've found. You can use a citation management tool like Zotero to organize citations to sources, collect digital files such as full-text PDFs, and cite sources automatically when writing papers.