Referencing

Referencing tools

Zotero

• Recommended for undergraduate students.
• Perfect for student assignments and assessment tasks, or smaller research projects.
• Easy to learn and use, but offers some advanced features, refer to Zotero's documentation. 
• Limited free storage, refer to Zotero storage.
• Free and open source software (FOSS).

Download Zotero

Playlist: How to use Zotero

Mendeley

• Recommended for undergraduate students, or researchers collaborating with Mendeley users.
• Great for assignments and assessment tasks.
• Manage and share research papers, discover research data and collaborate online.
• Free.

See our Mendeley guide to download Mendeley and find support resources to use it effectively.

EndNote

• Recommended for postgraduate students and academic staff.
• May require training to use effectively, refer to the EndNote page for more information.
• For longer research level outputs e.g. thesis writing.
• Site licenced (free for UOW students and staff).