IAD 401: Special Topics 2

IA+D uses APA citation style. Hover over the "Citing Sources" tab to see pages just for APA as well as a link to the Visual & Media Literacy Guide's page on citing images and media.

See the other boxes on this page for help generating citations in databases and managing citations.

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?

• It's free, so you'll be able to use it forever, even after you leave the university.
• It saves your digital files to your computer and backs them up in the cloud.
• It works seamlessly with Microsoft Word.
• It can also be used with Google Docs, LibreOffice, LaTeX, and other text editors.
• It automates a lot of processes, like attaching PDFs, that require extra steps in RefWorks.