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Political Science

Style and Citation Guides

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) Style Guides: Chicago/Turabian Style This link opens in a new window
This style guide contains information on the Chicago Manual of Style method of document formatting and citation. These resources follow the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

Citation Management Tools

Zotero
Advantages:
- Very good support for HTML content. (Mendeley and Refworks are more PDF-centric.)
- Lets you take an unlimited number of notes on each item, create notes that aren’t attached to a specific item, and search and tag notes.
- Highlights and annotations on documents are synced across computers.
- Good support for group collaboration.
Disadvantages:
- Browser plugin is only available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
- Highlighting and annotating documents relies on external tools (e.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, macOS Preview).
Mendeley
Advantages:
- Lets you highlight and annotate PDFs inside the program, and syncs your highlights and annotations.
- Installed in campus computer labs.
- Some support for small group (up to 3 people) collaboration.
Disadvantages:
- Works best when you download the desktop program, although there is a Web interface.
- Weaker support than Zotero for searching, tagging, etc. your notes and annotations.