Qualitative Research

Compilation of supplementary resources for Research Methods or Social Research Methods Courses

Citing Your Sources

Links and information about citation tools, styles, and formats are included, so that proper credit can be given to the sources referenced.

Adobe After Effects: citations in multiple formats
- Cite Bay Article with examples
Audacity: citing the product software
- Citation examples and usage
ATLAS.ti: typically reference the name of the software and the version used
- Citing ATLAS.ti in you research blog
Catma: documentation about citing this software is provided below
- Catma citations
Dedoose: citing the web application
- User guide citation information
Final Cut Pro: various citation formats included on this webpage
- Apple Final Cut Pro license citation
HyperRESEARCH: cited along with other researchware products as described in this article
- Researchware Software citations
MAXQDA: can be cited in-text and as a bibliographic entry, the software site provides examples here
- MAXQDA How-To Cite
NVivo: cite using the QSR software, information about doing so below
- NVivo FAQ
Qualtrics: citing Qualtrics in academic research
- Qualtrics Blog
SPSS: most likely does not need citing, check out these resources below to learn more
- IBM Article
- APA Blog

EndNote
EndNote is a program that helps users collect and organize references from online or other sources, create a searchable personal database of references, find fulltext articles, manage and annotate PDF files, cite references while writing a paper, create bibliographies formatted in a preferred style, and more.
RefWorks
RefWorks 3 is the latest version of RefWorks, a research management tool that makes it easy to save references to books, articles, and web pages and organize them into your own personal research library.
Zotero
Zotero is a free citation management software. It automatically senses content and allows you to add it to your personal library with a single click. If you want to add a book citation from Amazon, a journal article from JSTOR or a news story from the New York Times, Zotero allows you to add the citations with a click. You can use Zotero to create a bibliography (cited reference page) or add footnotes.
BibMe
An easy to use bibliography maker that can create citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian format.
EasyBib
Free MLA format automatic bibliography and citation maker. Other citation formats (e.g., APA and Turabian) require purchase.
Citation Machine
Generates bibliographic citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, or Turabian format based on information you enter into a web form.