The field of education often uses APA citation style. Check out our Citing Sources guide for more information on this and other styles.
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!
Having an effective strategy to manage your research is essential. You can use a citation management tool to organize citations to sources, collect digital files such as full-text PDFs, and cite sources automatically when writing papers.
The library provides support for Zotero, a free open-source citation manager.
Why should you use Zotero?
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