Referencing & Citation Management: Quick referencing tools

• Go to ZoteroBib at: https://zbib.org/


• Type in your source information, such as:
  • ISBN for a book,
  • DOI for an article,
  • URL for a webpage, or
  • other information such as title, and
  • Click Cite. 


• If you can't find your source this way, use the Manual Entry option


• Select a style such as APA under Bibliography


• Check the citation generated and click Edit to correct any errors if needed


• Click Copy to Clipboard and then paste the citation/s into your assignment in Word

• Go to Google Scholar at:   https://scholar.google.com/ 


• Find your source, see the example at the right

• Click the cite icon to see the citation formatted in 5 styles


• Look at the citation in APA style, are there any errors?

Hint: yes there are two errors in the citation generated in the APA style:

1. The article title should be in sentence case;
2. The DOI is missing

Note: you must correct any errors when you copy and paste the citation into your assignment.

• Find the journal article in Newcat (or an EBSCO database)


• Click the PDF icon in Newcat (or the article title within the EBSCO database)

• On the detailed record page, click Cite under the Tools in the right to get the citation formatted in different styles


• Look at the citation in APA style, are there any errors?

Hint: yes, there are two errors in the citation generated in APA style:

1. The article title should be in sentence case;
2. The UON proxy should be removed from the DOI

Note: you must correct any errors when you copy and paste the citation into your assignment.

• Find the journal article in a ProQuest database

• Click the Cite icon 

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• Select your style from the dropdown menu e.g.  APA 6th

• Look at the citation formatted in APA style, are there any errors?

Hint: yes, there are two errors in the citation generated in APA style:

• The DOI is incorrectly formatted for APA, and
• The UON proxy should be removed from the DOI

Note: you must correct any errors when you copy and paste the citation into your assignment.