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Referencing software can be used to format citations and create bibliographies in the UCA Harvard style. The software works by saving sources you’ve found in your research, such as books on the LibrarySearch, and then formats them into references which can be added to your assignments.
Choosing to use referencing software into your studies will bring many other benefits beyond formatting your citations and bibliographies -
Reference Management Tools
There are many reference management applications available but the University supports -
all feature an up to date and comprehensive version of our UCA Harvard style, something many of the other applications do not offer.
Paperpile is an easy to use tool that we provide for you so that you can manage your research online when using Google Chrome.
It is web based and has been designed to work with Google products, meaning you can save references using Chrome, organise your PDFs in Google Drive and cite your references in Google Docs.
Sources can be added to your collection from within the Paperpile website, or via Chrome when you are looking at databases or websites.
You can export bibliographies out of Paperpile in the UCA Harvard style or use Google Drive to cite as you write and generate your bibliography.
Getting started with Paperpile
Paperpile account and mobile access
Saving references and PDFs into Paperpile
Annotating PDFs
Citing text, images and making bibliographies
Cite while you write
Editing references in Paperpile so that they match the UCA Harvard Style
Moving references to and from Paperpile to other referencing software
Zotero is a free, easy to use tool which will collect, organise, cite and share your research sources. It is a standalone piece of software that you can install on PC, Mac or Linux. You should find the software on PCs and Macs in the Library.
Sources can be added to Zotero from within the software, or by using your browser to collect references from databases and websites.
You can export bibliographies out of Zotero in the UCA Harvard style or use either the Microsoft Word or Google Docs plugin to cite as you write and generate your bibliography.
Getting started with Zotero
Once you’ve created an account, the next thing to do is to get up and running with the software.
Citing text, images and making bibliographies
Cite while you write
Editing references in Zotero so that they match the UCA Harvard Style
Saving references and PDFs into Zotero
Annotating PDFs
Zoterobib is a free web-based bibliography generator from the makers of Zotero.
To use it you simply go to the Zoterobib website, it requires no software or account.
You can use it to create a bibliography which will be saved in your browser, this can be added to over time. However, you can only use it for producing one bibliography at a time.
The bibliography can be copied and pasted into any document, or you can export it as a RIS file and import it into another piece of referencing software.
Getting started with Zoterobib
BibGuru is an easy-to-use tool that will create a bibliography for you in a few clicks. It works on any browser, and there is no need for a plug-in or any additional software.
To save references into BibGuru you simply create a free account, you can use your own Google or Facebook account to sign up. Then simply log into your BibGuru account on any browser on any computer/phone/tablet to access your references, add sources and create bibliographies.
If you are citing a website, simply drop the URL in and BibGuru cites it in seconds. For books search the title and then click the citation that matches what you need. For articles just search the title, author, or add the DOI and BibGuru will find it for you.
BibGuru comes with the University for the Creative Arts Harvard style, you can then copy and paste citations and bibliographies from BibGuru into your work.
Getting started with BibGuru
Saving references into BibGuru
Citing text, images and making bibliographies
Editing references in BibGuru so that they match the UCA Harvard Style
Moving references to and from BibGuru to other referencing sources