Most of the resources listed on this page can be accessed from off-campus, provided you access them through a link in this guide or on the Library's website. If you have questions or need help, please email me or make a virtual appointment using the buttons on the left.
The MLA has a lot of information and tutorials on their website:
Citation managers can help you save, organize, and share research and citations. We support three different managers, ZoteroBib, Zotero, and Mendeley. Here are the highlights of each to help you choose which is best for you:
ZoteroBib
Zotero
Mendeley
ZoteroBib is a free service that helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. Your bibliography is stored in your browser’s local storage by default. You can close the page and return to it later, and your bibliography will still be there — no need to worry about saving your data or logging in.
Bibliography and citation styles
In-text citations and footnotes in Word
Export Bibliography
For more assistance with using ZoteroBib, visit their help site.
Zotero is a free, powerful, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze citations and sources such as pdfs and websites, and then share the results of your research. This personal library of sources can work with your word processing tool to format a paper in your choice of style.
Zotero Account
Download
Installation of Zotero
Installation of Browser Connector (Add-on/extension)
Zotero has an excellent help section, or you can schedule an appointment with a librarian.
Mendeley is a reference manager, academic collaboration network and crowdsourced database with a unique layer of social information research. Mendeley Desktop is available on Mac, Windows and Linux. Mendeley Web functions on all major browsers. Mobile versions of Mendeley are available for Ipad, Iphone and Android devices.
Mendeley has an excellent help section, or you can schedule an appointment with a librarian.