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There are many resources to help you develop reliable writing habits and strategies. This Best Practices Guide, from the University of Oregon, is a good place to start.
All of these are available in library collections. Some are available as eBooks, which you can access right away, while others are in our physical collection, in which case we've provided a call number.
The Future of Scholarly Publishing : Open Access and the Economics of Digitisation by 
The State of Scholarly Publishing by 
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks, Second Edition by 
How to Write a Lot, 2nd ed. by 
100 Tips to Avoid Mistakes in Academic Writing and Presenting by 
Professional Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences by Citation management tools help efficiently organize your research, allowing you to collect, store, and manage references from various sources. In addition to streamlining the process of creating bibliographies and in-text citations, they facilitate collaboration with colleagues by enabling the sharing of reference libraries and annotations.
We've listed a handful of recommended free citation managers in the comparison chart below. More information about is available on our Citation Managers page.
 Zotero |
 Mendeley |
 EndNote Basic |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Software installation / OS | Yes Win, Mac, Linux |
Yes Win, Mac, Linux |
No (web-based) |
| Web plugin / Browsers | Yes Chrome, Firefox, Safari |
Yes Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE |
Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes iOS / Android |
Yes iOS / Android |
Yes iOS |
| Word processor integration | Yes MS Word (Win & Mac), LibreOffice |
Yes MS Word (Win & Mac), LibreOffice |
Yes MS Word (Win & Mac) |
| Cost | Free (option to buy additional cloud storage) | Free (option to buy additional cloud storage) | Free to Drake with the library's Web of Science subscription |
| Direct export from databases | Yes Web translators |
Yes Web importer |
Yes Capture Reference tool |
| Edit or create custom citation styles | Yes | Yes | No |
| Add notes to references | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Collaborate and share | Can create public and private groups | Can create public and private groups (only 1 free private group of 3 members) | Can share with other EndNote Basic users |
| Duplicate detection | Yes | Yes (Desktop only) | Yes |
| Number of reference types | 34 pre-defined | 20 pre-defined | 55 pre-defined |
| Storage capacity (free) | 300MB cloud storage | 2GB cloud storage | 2GB cloud storage |
| Maximum number of records | Unlimited records per library (up to storage limit) | Unlimited records per library (up to storage limit) | 10,000 records per library |
