Reference Storage & List-Making Tools
All collect, organize & help you cite sources.

RefWorks and RefWorks Tutorials (free to users affiliated with UF)

EndNote (software is not free, but the library provides instruction and support) & EndNote Web (free to UF faculty, staff, and students) Tutorials: EndNote and EndNoteWeb

Cite U Like (free)

Zotero (free FireFox extension)

Reference Manager (not free; no library help available at this time)

Grammar & Writing Guides

Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (28th edition, 2006)

Oxford English Dictionary Online

Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Medical Dictionary

Copyright & Plagiarism

Plagiarism Guide
Includes UF policies on plagiarism

Is It Protected by Copyright?
“Slider” that makes figuring out if you need to get permission fun!

SPARC Author Addendum
Information on contract addendum for protecting your legal rights as an author.

Instructions to Authors of NIH Funded Research 
Additional information here.

Open Access LibGuide
Information including wikis, blogs, and newsletters.

UF Open Access Publishing Fund
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/oa/

Where to Publish - Impact Factor Databases

ISI’s Journal Citation Report 
Includes Eigenfactor as of 2008 statistics

SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Shows number articles cited by journal within 1-3 years and by journal’s country of origin.

APA (Social sciences)
University of Illinois—also includes grammar/writing tips
Research and Documentation Online 5th Edition—includes sample paper & its reference list
Video on margins, headers, footer in APA.

Library of Medicine (NLM)/PubMed Style
(2nd edition, 2007)

AMA Manual of Style
A guide for authors and editors
(10th edition, 2010)

AMA Manual of Style Blog
A blog for authors and editors


Document Production

How To Research a Paper (video)