Many journals/publishers use their own citation style. Generally, you can find that citation style on the webpage of the journal or publisher, or by searching the journal's name and the words "author guidelines."
IEEE Citation Styles
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Citation management tools allow you to retrieve, store, organize, take notes on, and generate citations from all your information sources. Many citation management tools are collaborative and allow you to share sources with peers.
There are a number of different citation management tools available including:
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After exploring each citation management tool, if you need help deciding which to use your librarian recommends either:
Do you want help generating your citations, but do not need the functionality of a full-on citation manager? Try:
Zotero is a free and open source citation management application.
Citation management tools allow you to retrieve, store, organize, take notes on, and generate citations from all your information sources like articles, books, videos, standards, and more. It is collaborative, so you can share your sources with the people you are working on your research with. Zotero will generate citations for your sources.
Zotero does allow you to create BibTeX bibliographic entries. Learn how with these research guides:
Zotero provides 300 MB of free storage, but you can use linked files or the ZotFile Plugin to use Zotero with your CU Boulder OneDrive cloud storage.
