Emerson College Library: Teaching Materials Cache: Citation &amp; Bibliography

Help with Writing and Citing

"Writing Consultants at the WARC are trained to provide assistance to students needing help with summarizing, paraphrasing, and citing sources. We encourage students to make an appointment with a Writing Consultant if they are unsure about, or having trouble with, any of these issues." - from WARC's Citation Tips

Writing and Academic Resource Center (WARC) - Emerson College
Make an appointment with a writing consultant M-F, 9-5. Get help with formatting citations, writing a paper or proposal, preparing a resume, etc.

Citation & Style Resource Guide

Citation & Style
by Emerson Reference Last Updated Jun 9, 2025 477 views this year

Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction (video)

What is citation, and why do you do it?

Used with permission from the NCSU Libraries.

Citation Managers

Zotero
Free open source tool for managing and storing citations, as well as attaching PDFs to related citations. Plugins for Chrome and Safari. Use an Emerson email address to set up a Zotero account, or add one to an existing Zotero account, to gain unlimited storage. Learn more about Zotero, including a Quick Start guide.
Zotero Training videos
Playlist of short videos on how to add a book, chapter, article, film, etc to Zotero. Also covers the BEAM method of resource management. Recorded April 2020. Total Playlist Duration: 15 mins

Zotero training videos

6 short videos created by Iwasaki Librarians about adding items to your Zotero library and applying the BEAM method.

Citation Example (slides)

Citation Example
A short set of slides you can use in a presentation that maps the citations in a bibliography to the information in a paragraph. Uses Chicago style, but could be easily adapted to MLA or APA.