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Citation management software
- EndNote - Build your personal database of references, organize them into groups, find and attach the full text of papers, and insert bibliographic citations in your papers in your chosen style.
- Zotero - McGill Library provides support for this online citation tool.
Citing in LaTeX
- Overleaf - Online LaTeX tool with templates. Overleaf and EndNote (above) make a great pair.
- JabRef - Open source bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.
- LaTeX Wikibooks is a great resource for bibliography management (and all things LaTeX)
- Free online introduction to LaTeX (Overleaf)
Writing
- Look for writing tips and guides from publishers where you are thinking of submitting (ex: Wiley, IOP, AIP)
- ACS Reviewer Lab: Free peer review training course for scientific researchers
- Routes of Writing - The Routes of Writing project gives insight into the writing practices of McGill academics.
- Courses and workshops for graduate students and postdocs at McGill Graphos
- Selected books from McGill Library:
- Harvard Guided to Using Sources