Citation styles and reference management software

• Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers
  Di K. Patrias. 2nd ed. Wendling, DL, technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007 (updated 2009)
• Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: Writing and editing for biomedical publication
• CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials
• STARD (Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy)
• AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II) (updated 2013)
• Guidelines International Network: Toward International Standards for Clinical Practice Guidelines

For linguistic, social and historic studies:

• Chicago Manual of Style (A)
  Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago press, 2017
  • tutorial : "Write and Cite “Chicago Style”: Helping Students and Patrons Understand The Chicago Manual of Style and Turabian"
• MLA handbook 
  New York : The Modern language association of America, 2016
  • guides and tutorials (by The MLA Style Center)

For psychological studies:

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: the official guide to APA style 
  Washington : American Psychological Association, 2020
  • guides, tutorials e webinars  (by American Psychological Association)

EndNote® Basic is a free programme that can be used via the web. To access it, you must register the first time you use it at http://www.myendnoteweb.com.

The account linked to Web of Science (WoS) offers more features than the simplified free version. If you already have a personal account in Web of Science, we recommend using that one.

• Introduction to EndNote Basic 

JabRef It is open source software, completely free, available for all operating systems: Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It uses BibTeX and BibLaTeX as native formats, so it is used for LaTeX. 

Plug in available for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi.

• JabRef

LaTeX

LaTeX guide

Mendeleyis available both online and in a free, synchronised desktop version.

• Getting started with Mendeley 

Zotero is a free, open-source software available for all operating systems: Windows, Macintosh and Linux, with the option of paying for additional storage space online.

• Quick Start Guide