EndNote and Zotero are the two popular citation management tools that I would recommend for UCSF nursing students to use. Citation management tools can help you organize your personal library of journal articles/books/websites/grey literature, generate in-text citations, and create a reference list in any style of your choice. For nursing students at UCSF, you will use APA the 7th edition.
Which Reference Management Tool Is Right for Me?
Zotero can help you save a great deal of time when you are writing a paper.
What can Zotero do for you while you are writing a paper in APA 7th ed style?
1. create your personal database to store articles from various resources (databases, web sites or government documents, etc.)
2. insert in-text citation in APA 7th ed style while you write a paper
3. create a reference list in APA 7th ed style
UCSF affiliates can buy a discounted copy of the desktop version from OnTheHub.