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Public Health Fundamentals: SBS 5001

Information and resources to help public health students started on research materials as well as ways to manage their articles.

About citation managers

  • When in a database and saving articles, look for the button to "download" or "export" your citations. This may be called something like "Bibliographic Citation Manager."
    • In some of the Temple subscriptions the choice for RefWorks is already selected.
  • Save and sort all of your citations in folders with identifying labels.
  • You can manually add other citations you may have directly into a citation manager.
  • You can select citations to create a bibliography and have it formatted automatically in the style of your choice.
    • You can easily enter in-text citations as you type your paper using the Word addon/plugin provided by the program.
      • Note: You have to either download or connect this to your word program first. 
  • Share your citations and bibliographies easily with the share options.

APA Citation Format

A few options for citation managers

There are many citation managers available. Some are free and others require an initial purchase. A few of the more commonly used are: