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 styles and software

Referencing styles

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 part of the Early Career Researcher Institute Training Programme.

Reference management software comparison

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