Comments on: Highschool MLA citation for less?

Question: Highschool MLA citation for less?

Uther Bentrazor — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:54:55 -0800

Help me find a citation engine for my school!

I work for a highschool, and part of the restructuring we're doing over the next year is cutting costs and changing out some programs. I've been tasked with finding a new citation engine.

We currently use SourceAid Citation Builder, but at $20 a year per licensce, the higherups want something slightly less expensive. So I was more or less told "We want this, but we don't want to pay as much for it." (initially I was tasked to scour for free ones)

Currently, I'm leaning towards iCite, but I'm still keeping an eye out.

Anyone in the field (or anyone else) have any suggestions?

By: kendrak

kendrak — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:09:18 -0800

it might not be quite what you're looking for, but i've found son of citation machine works pretty well and it's free.

By: rdn

rdn — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:18:08 -0800

I don't know if it works well for multiple users, but check out Zotero, a great firefox extension.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:21:09 -0800

I use Connotea myself.

By: veronica sawyer

veronica sawyer — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:29:14 -0800

I like EasyBib.

By: HotPatatta

HotPatatta — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:53:26 -0800

Don't get RefWorks. Most of the citations have errors in formatting and content.

By: sephira

sephira — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:49:28 -0800

I've been using BibMe.

By: sperose

sperose — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:38:49 -0800

My roommate turned me onto Bedford Bibiographer during college. It's awesome and free!

By: 913

913 — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:52:08 -0800

A bit of self-promotion here, but check out North Carolina State University's citation builder, you can see it through the site in my profile or go to it directly here

By: devilsbrigade

devilsbrigade — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:41:23 -0800

Not a snark, but teach them to do citations on their own. They need to get used to formatting them themselves. They'll be shown in college what they're expected to know, and it'll probably vary by department anyway. If you have to, though, I'll put my plug in for bibtex, because at some point in undergrad or grad school they'll probably use it.