bst files to use in LaTeX to get custom bibliography styles which comes in really handy when your school requires a super random style you couldn’t find an existing file for! (don’t worry – hopefully that will make more sense when we get there, you probably won’t need to know it, and it’s at the very end of the post so you can drop out before it and still get the most important info from the post) Then, I will introduce you to user-friendly software, and then show you a new thing I learned – making custom. So, let’s get on the same page (no pun intended this time) about what I’m talking about and why it’s so important. Note: I still use EasyBib or one of those browser-only guys sometimes if I’m citing websites and/or news articles for posts and things, but not for my PhD research stuff These ones I’m talking about often also have browser extensions and/or web versions that sync to your desktop one.
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But once you’re doing your own research projects, it’s time for one of these more serious ones where you actually download software, so there’s a stand-alone desktop version (that works when you don’t have wifi) that actually saves everything for you and has way more functionality. Those can be good for in high school or undergrad when you are just doing a class report with a small number of citations you’re probably only going to need to use for that one assignment. that will give you basic citations (though often just in 1-3 basic formats). There are also some website-only services like EasyBib, Scribbr,, zoterobib, etc. And then, later, when you ask them to, they’ll provide references formatted in the style you ask them to. They download all the information required for citing a work you tell them to (through a browser plug-in, title search, etc.).
you think you might possibly want to cite (or at least remember you read) in the future. These keep track of all the papers, books, etc.
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And then, for those who stick around (or jump past that intro) I will talk about how to get your references to stick around – in one place, which is searchable, add- and remove-able and insertable! Because, although it is possible to manually make citations and reference sections, it’s definitely not practical! So there are lots of helpful tools often called “reference managers” like Mendeley (a free program I use), Zotero (also free), Endnote (not free), and Pages (not free).
But I’m going to go ahead and start off with explaining some of the basics of the terminology, etc. Note: This is one of those practical posts that some people will find helpful and some people won’t – or at least think they won’t – and those people have probably stopped reading already. Who ya talking about? Cite them! But not by hand! Use a citation manager (aka reference management software) like Mendeley if you don’t already – future you will thank present you if you do! (especially if you’re working on your thesis where you have hundreds!)Īnd, yes, I spent my weekend working on this because, weird as it may be, working on my thesis is the one thing that’s actually giving me joy in this stressful final stretch of my PhD journey – I think probably because it feels like the one thing I have some control over – and because it’s cool to see it come together! Citations and all!
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