Highschool MLA citation for less?

May 23, 2007 8:54 AM

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?

posted by Uther Bentrazor to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

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.
posted by kendrak at 9:09 AM on May 23, 2007

I don't know if it works well for multiple users, but check out Zotero, a great firefox extension.
posted by rdn at 9:18 AM on May 23, 2007

I use Connotea myself.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:21 AM on May 23, 2007

I like EasyBib.
posted by veronica sawyer at 9:29 AM on May 23, 2007

Don't get RefWorks. Most of the citations have errors in formatting and content.
posted by HotPatatta at 10:53 AM on May 23, 2007

I've been using BibMe.
posted by sephira at 11:49 AM on May 23, 2007

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
posted by 913 at 4:52 PM on May 23, 2007

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.
posted by devilsbrigade at 9:41 PM on May 23, 2007