ENC 3250 Professional Writing

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of citation management tools available at UCF including a comparison chart as links to free tools such as Mendeley and Zotero.

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields.

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style is commonly used in the humanities, particularly in language and literature research. The 9th edition of the MLA Handbook is the authoritative source for MLA style and citation, and the MLA Style Center is the official style site. The Handbook provides guidance on formatting research papers, prose mechanics, inclusive language, avoiding plagiarism, creating a works cited page, and citing sources in the text.

Mendeley is a free citation management tool with web and desktop versions as well as apps for iOS & Android. Features allow you to collect, manage, share citations, and save and annotate PDFs for articles.

Zotero is a free, open-source citation management tool with desktop and web versions. Features allow you to collect, manage, and share citations for articles, books, etc.

This age includes short videos about how to cite both in APA and MLA formats.