Zotero helps you collect, manage, and cite research sources. Zotero allows you to attach PDFs, notes and images to your citations, organize them into collections for different projects, and create bibliographies using Word or Open Office.
To expedite the process of citation, Zotero has a browser add-on that allows you to import citation data from websites with just one click.
Also see the box below for the handout accompanying the library's Introduction to Zotero workshops.
You cite your sources:
Plagiarism is presenting another person’s words and/or ideas as your own words/ideas – either deliberately OR unintentionally.
To avoid plagiarism, give credit in your paper to the person whose words and/or ideas you have made use of. In other words, cite your sources. You must cite any source that contributed significantly to the ideas in your own paper, even if you don't quote directly from that source.
How do I cite sources in MLA format?
MLA format is commonly used in the humanities. This is the citation style used in literature and the one Professor Garcia Blizzard wants you to use. It involves the use of parenthetical in-text citations, which means that the citation information is within parentheses beside the quoted or paraphrased information. You can get help with MLA from the following:
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers a useful and comprehensive guide to citing different types of sources in MLA format