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WRI: Writing an Effective Scientific Research Article: Science & Engineering: Help and Practicalities

Tools for scholars and writers to help discover and assess the literature of the field.

Using the library

Visit the Resources page for Undergraduate Students to learn about library spaces and services such as print collection digitization requests and Article Express.

Keeping track of everything

Bibliographic managers can help with this task. The most common products (supported by Princeton) are ZoteroEndNote, and RefWorks.
The library offers workshops for those interested to learn how to use Zotero. Check the schedule to register for a session.

LaTex Users: All bibliographic managers will export your references as a .bib file. Mendeley and Zotero can be linked to Overleaf.

Chicago Manual of Style Online

The Chicago Manual of Style is available online. This reference book is normallly tethered to the reference section of the library but it can be now consulted online at any time.