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A citation, or reference, is the quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing of someone else's work, used as a basis for your own ideas and research.

Citation generators are tools that can quickly generate a citation for items you're planning to cite in your work, and can save you time. Check out some freely available options as well as the pros and cons of each, via the link provided.

If you're working on a major paper, thesis, or dissertation, consider using a citation manager, like Zotero, as it will help to store and organize citations you plan to use over and over.  Take one of the Libraries' Zotero workshops, or learn how to use it via our do-it-yourself guide.