A few days ago, my niece asked me for information about how to format a bibliography. I couldn't help but tell her the story of how "when I was in high school" we had to follow a formula which the teacher provided on a handout. Each book, newspaper article, magazine article done by hand and then typed on the typewriter for my research paper. "You are so fortunate, today.." I told my niece. There are free programs on the Internet which will practically do all the work for you, including putting your bibliography in a Microsoft Word document. So I sent her a small list of my favorite programs, and then expanded the list here. I've starred my personal favorites.
CiteBite- link directly to specific quotes on web pages
CiteFast- covers MLA, APA, Chicago and newspaper, magazine, web site, journal, book
EasyBib*- also now has an iPhone app where you can scan the ISBN number on a book
GoBiblio- free bibliography and citation generator
KnightCite- enter the information in the blank fields and your citation is generated; covers MLA, APA, Chicago
KnightCite- enter the information in the blank fields and your citation is generated; covers MLA, APA, Chicago
Son of Citation Machine- for APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian formats
Zotero*- keep all your research in one spot
Zotero*- keep all your research in one spot
Great resource!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and good list! I'd like to suggest two additional options you might add to list:
ReplyDeleteGoBiblio is another free web-based citation generator handling MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian.
http://www.gobiblio.com
Mendeley is a free reference management software package, similar to Zotero.
http://www.mendeley.com
And I also thought I should point out that Cite This For Me, which you mention above, is not actually affiliated with Harvard University. The Harvard referencing style it uses also has no affiliation with Harvard University. It's a common confusion.
Thank you for the correction. I have edited the posting and added GoBiblio.
ReplyDeleteJulie
Hi Julie!
ReplyDeleteMay I also add:
http://howtowritecitations.com
A free online citation generator for pupils, students, and professionals, to help them write both in-text citations and to proper cite their sources in the reference lists and lists of Works Cited.
Sincerely
Kent Löfgren