Social Welfare Research Toolkit: Citations

Citation management tools help you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles.  Zotero is free software that you can install on your computer -- it helps organize your research, and then connects to Word to makes it much easier to create in-text citations and bibliographies. The library has created a self-paced tutorial as well as a recorded session on using Zotero as well as this handy guide to using Zotero -- including add-ons that allow you to edit pdfs and to link to unlimited storage while a UCB student, staff or faculty.  

It's always good to double check the formatting -- none of the software is perfect!

Screencast on using Zotero and APA 6th for Berkeley Social Welfare, featuring the work of David Eifler, UCB's Environmental Design Librarian and Zotero expert!

The style manual includes some significant changes to formatting papers and has attempted to make language more inclusive and bias free. Among some of the new changes:

• DOIs are now formatted as URLs
• Authors no longer need to include the phrase "Retrieved from" before a URL
• The singular "they" is now endorsed by APA as a gender-neutral pronoun
• The running head on the title page no longer includes the phrase "RUNNING HEAD" and is no longer needed in student papers at all
• Use only one space after a period at the end of a sentence
• For more, see APA Guide: Summary of Changes from the University of Texas Arlington libraries

Some handy resources:

• APA Style Example from Purdue 
• APA Style: 7th Edition Quick Reference Guide
• Style Guidelines by Topic
• APA Manual  7th Edition: 17 Most Notable Changes [via Scribbr video on YouTube]
• APA Style Blog --  searchable by topic and contains weekly posts by APA expert

If you and 4-5 other students want a workshop on Zotero let me know -- we'll try and find a time that works for everyone!