Biological Sciences Research Guide

Mendeley is a free reference management system supported by Elsevier. Using this tool you can generate citations and bibliographies in a whole range of journal styles and include them in your writing.

Helpful guides for using Mendeley products, as well as online forums and customer support.

Created by Mendeley, visit their YouTube page for quick tips, how to set up Mendeley and research help.

Zotero is a free extension used with the Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Edge browsers. It will help you collect, format, and cite your references in a number of citation styles including APA, AMA MLA, and Chicago.

Getting Started, Finding Items, Managing Your Library, Other Features, and Zotero and other tools. These tutorials are on the Zotero website.

A variety of library teams, Zotero users, and other community members have produced video tutorials for Zotero, including general overviews and demonstrations of specific features. Note that many of the videos available on the internet were produced using older versions of Zotero, and the current Zotero interface and functionality may look very different from what is shown.

These OWL resources will help you write in medical, healthcare, and/or scientific contexts. This section includes original research articles and samples of the healthcare writing produced for a more general, lay-population audience.