Databases from which you retrieve articles often provide additional background about the publications they include, as well as a link to the publisher's web site, when available.
Free online tools, including Zotero, to help manage research and automatically generate citations.
Free Citation Generators
Note: Subscription databases provided by EBSCO, Gale, and ProQuest include automatic citation generators for resources accessed through these databases. Be sure that your citations are consistent in your paper.
Blume Library guide describes the free Zotero citation management program with instructions on how to install and use Zotero to easily manage and cite sources.
Do you need a quick citation? ZoteroBib, or Zbib, helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. In addition to APA, Chicago, and MLA formats, it can generate practically any other citation style.