Referencing all your reading in your work demonstrates that you have conducted a thorough and appropriate literature search. It is important to know why and how to reference correctly.

Library Services provides the following support for reference management.

Referencing guides

Our referencing guides provide an introduction to referencing and the styles used at Imperial.

Reference management software

Use reference management software to manage your reference list and bibliography.

We support the following software:

Workshops

We run free workshops in EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero.

EndNote training is also included as part of the Graduate School Training Programme.

Getting started workshops - for EndNote and LateX

Referencing skills lunchtime workshops - for RefWorks, Zotero and BibTeX for LaTeX

Reference management software comparison

To find out which reference management software package is right for you try our Reference management software comparison‌ (pdf).