Resources for Thesis Students
Take control of your sources!
Many thesis projects involve consulting and citing a lot of sources. It's an excellent idea to take control of these as soon as you begin working on your thesis. Keeping consistent track of your sources and recording all the information about them that you'll need to cite them properly will save you time later on when you need to create a bibliography for your final paper. Reference management software like Zotero can help make this process much easier.
Zotero
- Download ZoteroThis free reference manager software is available for Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS. We recommend downloading the standalone version (currently Zotero 7) rather than just using the web version. You'll want to download the Zotero Connector too (also available at this link), which enables you to save references from the web to your Zotero library with a single click.
- Zotero Quick Start GuideAn overview of Zotero's features and capabilities
- Zotero DocumentationAll of Zotero's support documents.
Style guides
While Zotero is good at automatically creating citations for most commonly used sources, it doesn't "know" how to format citations for every kind of source that exists. There will be times when you'll need to correct a Zotero citation or create one yourself manually. Consulting the style manual used for your area of study can help.
- Citing SourcesThe LITS guide to citing sources. Includes print and online manuals for MLA, Chicago, APA, and CSE styles.
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