On Line Bibliography Tools

Bibliography is a list of sources referred by the author and needs to be listed in accordance with prescribed or chosen style of writing such as APA, MLA, Harvard etc. Bibliographies which run into several pages say more than ten can be especially difficult to compile, online tools not only compile bibliographies as per prescribed styles but also have tools for recording and identification of source and information. Some of these tools are equipped with features which can be used to create a bibliography library.

Some of the tools are:

Easy Bib: can be used for developing reference list, citations including parenthetical citations, footnotes and checking source credibility.

Citelighter: besides creating bibliography also enables select webpage sections and save them.

Refdot: enables quick recording of online sources in the bibliography, upon finding an online resource researcher needs to just click on the RefDot icon in the browser to create a bibliography, this tool also suggests inclusion of important information within the source.

Noodle Tools  : enables creation of bibliography from almost all sources, users need to fill a form to get their desired bibliography or citation style.

Google Docs Bibliography Templates: enables formatting of created bibliographies, there is no need for using a browser extension or signing up for an account or paying for the services, this tool however does not provide any prompter to the users.

BibMe:  can be used to create a bibliography, citation guide and also saves the created bibliographies, it is equipped with a prompting feature and when users enter the information they have they can get suggestions for the information they need for each type of citation.

Other tools available are citation machine, citefest, citelighter, Illionos Mathematics and Science Academy, citation wizard, Oregon Public Education Citation Maker, Recipes 4 Success, Zotero, End note etc.

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