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School of Nursing: Evidence-Based Practice: Research Tools

An overview of evidence-based practice resources for Nursing students.

Citation Management

When you find articles of interest in a database or search engine, bibliographic management programs such as Zotero or EndNote make it easy to create a personal collection of references (citations and/or articles) and cite them in your document in the citation style of your choice.

Learn more:

What is Zotero?

Zotero is an application that collects, managers, and cites research sources. It works in any OS, connects with your browser, and is free to use. You can download it from zotero.org.

You can attach PDFs, notes, and images to your citations, organize them into collections for different projects, and create bibliographies.

Screenshot of the Zotero software showing the zotero library

Sorting Citations

What is EndNote?

EndNote is a commercial bibliographic management software package. It is intended to find, share, store, and create references. Users build and manage their personal research libraries.                     

You can attach PDFs, notes, and images to your citations, organize them into collections for different projects, and create bibliographies.

EndNote 21 User Interface, macOS Dark Mode

*Beginning Monday, November 6, 2023, the EndNote program will be available for UT Health San Antonio Faculty, Staff, and Students from UT Health San Antonio Information Technology (UTHSA-IT). It is available for Windows and Mac OSX.